Italian Blood Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist 2024

Nominated for Best of the Net 2022 by Atlas and Alice

Nominated for Best Small Fictions 2020 by Great Weather For Media

2019 Finalist Arts for the People Chapbook Contest

2019 Longlist Ink Tears Short Story Contest

2019 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

2019 Gambling the Aisle Chapbook Prize: finalist 

2018 Diane Woods Memorial Award: finalist, non fiction

2018 The Best Small Fictions, Lunch Ticket: winner

2018 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

2018 The Best Small Fictions, Lunch Ticket: winner

2018 International Literary Awards, Penelope Niven Prize in Nonfiction: finalist

2018 Forge Fellowship: finalist

2017 Wigleaf’s Top 50, Apple Valley Review, long-listed

2017 River Styx Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction contest: semi Finalist

2017 Saturday Evening Post Fiction Contest: finalist

2016 Texas Observer Short Story contest: honorable mention

2016 SunStruck Magazine Creative nonfiction writing contest: winner

2015 Best of the Net, The Great American Lit Mag: nominee

2013 Glimmer Train’s Award for New Writers: honorable mention

2012 Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award: finalist