Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize, 2017; New Millennium Poetry Prize, 2017; 2010 Snyder Prize (manuscript competition, Ashland Poetry Press); 2nd Prize, Allen Ginsberg Awards, Paterson Literary Review, 2015; The Ledge Poetry Prize, 2012; 2012 Lamar York 2nd Place Prize for Nonfiction, Chattahoochee Review; 3rd place in 2011 William Matthews Poetry Prize competition; Lullwater Prize; Robert Penn Warren Poetry Prize; Spoon River Review Poetry Prize; Flume Press Chapbook prize; Honorable Mentions in Allen Ginsberg Prize and Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Prize.