Poet, Fiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Poetry
- The Novel Prize 2022, Winner
- Dzanc Novella Prize 2020, Finalist
- Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest (2018) Winner, Carmen Maria Machado, judge
- Narrative Fall Fiction Contest (2017) Finalist
- Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2017) Finalist
- Iowa Short Fiction Award (2017) Semi-finalist
- Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2013) Finalist
- Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award (2010) Winner. Alan Cheuse, judge
- Salem College 2010 International Literary Awards, Fiction (2010) Honorable Mention
- Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2010) Finalist
- A Room of Her Own Orlando Prize for Short Fiction (2010) Finalist
- Gulf Coast Fiction Prize (2010) Finalist
- Iowa Short Fiction Award (2009) Semi-finalist
- Cutthroat Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award (2009) Finalist
- Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest (2009) Honorable Mention. Yiyun Li, judge
- Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award (2009) Second Place
- Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2009) Finalist
- Symphony Space Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize (2008) Winner. Amy Hempel, judge
- Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2008) Honorable Mention
- Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2008) Finalist
- Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2007) Finalist
- Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2007) Semi-finalist
- Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction (2006) Winner