Scholarship to attend the Washington University Summer Writers Institute (2005), Pushcart Prize Nomination (2006), Resident Fellow at the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts (2007), Awarded a residency at the Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow (2008), Awarded a residency at the Centrum Foundation (2008), Awarded a scholarship to attend the Ropewalk Writers Retreat (2008), Awarded a residency at Rockmirth (2009)