Winner of the 2009 Long Story Contest, International,and the 2010 A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction; 2009 Pushcart Prize nominee; Finalist in the 2010 Astounding Beauty Ruffian Poetry Chapbook Award Competition; finalist in 2011 Writecorner Press Poetry Awards; Honorable Mention in 2011 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards; 2011 Pushcart Prize Nomination; short list finalist in the 2011 Santa Fe Writers' project; shortlisted in the 2013 Fish flash Fiction Contest; finalist in the 2013 Vine Leaves vignette Contest; semi-finalist 2014 Palettes & Quills chapbook contest; finalist in the 2014 Lascaux Poetry Prize; shortlisted in the 2015 Brilliant Flash Fiction Contest on Equality; finalist in Sixfold's Winter 2015 Poetry contest; Third place in the 2017 Resist contest sponsored by Ricky's Back Yard; Semi-finalist in the 2017 Atlantis Award; Finalist in the 2017 Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest.