- Finalist – Second Place – 2015 Gival Press Story Awards
- Short List 2015 Phoebe Short Fiction Award 2015
- Finalist: 2014 Compass Flower Press Contest Anthology
- Finalist: 2013 Broad River Review RASH Award for Fiction.
Finalist: 2013 Phoebe Fiction Contest.
Finalist: 2012 & 2014 So-to-Speak Fiction Contest.
Honorable Mention: Fall 2012 Glimmer Train Short Story Awards – New Writers.
Winner: 2011 Roanoke Review Fiction Prize. (2012 awarded) - Stories Nominated for Best American Short Stories, O’Henry Awards, and a Pushcart Prize.
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