Poet
Publications & Prizes
1st Place, Prime Number Magazine Award for Poetry (2026); Honorable Mention, Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize for Poetry (2026, 2024 and 2017); Finalist, Wandering Aengus Book Award (2025), Finalist, The Lascaux Prize in Poetry (2025 and 2022); Short List, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award (U.K., 2024); Finalist, Wandering Aengus Book Award (2024); Finalist, 42 Miles Press Poetry Award (2024); Runner-Up, Cider Press Review Book Award (2024 and 2023); Finalist, Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards (2024); Finalist, John Ridland Poetry Prize, Gunpowder Press (2023); 1st Place, Live Canon International Poetry Competition (U.K., 2023); First Runner-Up, Julia Peterkin Award for Poetry, South 85 Journal (2022); 1st Prize in Poetry, Porter Fleming Literary Competition (2021); Finalist, Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry, New Letters (2021); Finalist, Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize (2021); Finalist, James Applewhite Poetry Prize, North Carolina Literary Review (2021); Long List, National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society (U.K., 2020); Highly Commended, Bridport Prize for Poetry (U.K., 2020); 2nd Place, Strokestown International Poetry Prize (Ireland, 2020); Finalist, Crosswinds Poetry Contest (2021 and 2020); Short List, Gregory O'Donoghue Poetry Competition (Ireland, 2019); Finalist, NORward Prize for Poetry, New Ohio Review (2019); Finalist, Rumi Prize for Poetry, Arts & Letters (2018); Finalist, Nonfiction Award, American Literary Review (2017); Finalist, Knightville Poetry Contest, The New Guard Literary Review (2017); Finalist, Poet Laureate Award, North Carolina Poetry Society (2017); Finalist, Dana Award in Poetry (2016); International Publication Prize, The Atlanta Review (2016 and 2015); Finalist, Dogwood Literary Prize (2016); Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, WinningWriters.com (2015); 1st Runner Up, Editors’ Prize, Spoon River Poetry Review (2015); 1st Place, Whispering Prairie Press Poetry Prize, Kansas City Voices (2015); 2nd Prize, Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award, Comstock Review (2015).