Literary Awards and Honors

2022 Narrative Magazine Top Five Stories of the Week for "Suspicious Minds" 
2021 Narrative Magazine 30 Below Contest Finalist for memoir
2020 Diverse Worlds grant from the Speculative Literature Foundation 
2020 Dogwood Literary Award finalist in Nonfiction
2019 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards 2nd place Winner for Fiction
2018 Columbia Journal Creative Nonfiction Contest finalist judged by Alexander Chee
2018 New Ohio Review Creative Nonfiction Award finalist judged by Roxane Gay