- Alabama State Poetry Society 2017 Spring Contest, First Place, The David Kato Prize, for "Becoming Chaz"

- Alabama State Poetry Society 2017 Spring Contest, Second Place, Sowing Seeds category, for "West Texas"

- Alabama State Poetry Society 2017 Spring Contest, First Place, The Poet’s Choice Award, for "People Arriving for a Funeral, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1956"

- Alabama State Poetry Society 2017 Spring Contest, Third Place, Poetry or Writing Poetry category, for "Sestina"

- Alabama State Poetry Society 2017 Spring Contest, First Place, Personal Hero category, for "Usain Bolt Runs as Guide for Terezinha Guilhermina, Blind Paralympic Champion"

- The Brittingham & Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry from University of Wisconsin-Madison, Semi-Finalist for Daughters of Bone, 2016

- League of Minnesota Poets 32th Annual Contest, 1st Place, John & Helen Pappas Memorial Award for "Americana, Brazil," 2016

- League of Minnesota Poets 32th Annual Contest, 3rd Honorable Mention, Lost in Translation Award for "Dépaysement," 2016

- Alabama State Poetry Society 2016 Fall Contest, 2nd Honorable Mention, The Poets' Choice Award for "Ghosts Floated Through My Childhood"

- Crab Creek Review Poetry Contest, Finalist for "In Color," 2016

- The Poet's Billow Atlantis Award, Semi-Finalist, 2015

- Agnes Scott Writers' Festival Contest, Finalist, 2015

- Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, Finalist, 2015

- Loose Change 2013 Poetry Contest, First Place for "Littoral, Thalassic, Pelagic"

- Cotton District Arts Festival, Interactive Poetry Winner, 2011

- Cotton District Arts Festival, Poetry Slam Winner for "Septic Shock," 2011