The 2010 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers; a Fellowship at the Jentel Artist Residency; The Inkwell Prize judged by Alice Quinn; two Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Editor's Fiction Pick for Litro; Beullah Rose Award Finalist. Semi-finalist in the Alice james, Persea, and Brittenham/Pollack Book competitions, Finalist in the Center for Book Arts competition, and multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Poems have been featured on Best American Poetry, Verse Daily, and Poets & Writers websites.