The Forge Flash Fiction Prize 2024, Shortlist and Finalist

Neutrino Short-Short Prize 2024, Shortlist

Galley Beggar Short Story Prize 2024, Special Mention

Goatshed Press 2022, Fiction

F(r )iction 2022 Fiction Contest, Longlist

Best American Essays 2021, Notable Essay

AWP Intro Journals Fiction Prize Winner 2019

Pushcart Anthology Nomination (Passages North) 2019

Wig Leaf Top 50 very short stories 2021, Longlist

Voices in the Dark—The Common Breath 2021, Commendation

Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition 2021—Ghost Story, Longlist

Summer Literary Seminars (Novel Chapter) 2019, Finalist

Denali Residency Summer 2019, Finalist

Baltic Writing Residency 2019, Finalist

Forge Flash Fiction Competition 2019, Longlist

Virginia Tech Fiction Prize Winner 2018

Virginia Tech Nonfiction Prize Winner 2018

Virginia Tech Poetry Prize, Second Place 2018

Emily Morrison Fiction Prize, Second Place 2018

For Your Outrage Poetry Contest, Finalist 2018

Virginia Tech Fiction Prize Winner 2017

Virginia Tech Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention 2017

Tin House Summer Workshop Selectee, Novel 2017

Virginia Tech Fiction Prize, Second Place 2016

Glimmertrain Open Fiction Contest, Finalist and Honorable Mention 2015

Bosque Fiction Writing Contest, Finalist 2012

Recipient Laurence Fairall Creative Writing Scholarship 2008-2009