Winner, William Faulkner Literary Competition 2019, for “The Problematic Douchebag Collective,” September 2019.
Winner, Midway Journal’s 1000-Below Flash Prose and Poetry Contest, for “Moving Out,” October 2018.
Runner-Up, Sewanee Review’s First Annual Fiction Contest, for “It Goes Both Ways,” September 2018.
University-Wide TEACH Fellowship at Texas Tech, Academic Year 2018-2019.
Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, Arkansas State University, June 2018.
Runner-up, Sequestrum Magazine’s Editor’s Reprint Award for “Le Problem Being,” May 2018.
Finalist, The Iowa Review Prize in Fiction for “It Goes Both Ways,” May 2018.
Finalist, 2018 International Literary Awards Reynolds Price Award in Fiction (Center for Women Writers) for “Transference,” May 2018.
Finalist, R. M. Kinder Award for Realistic Fiction (Pleiades) for “Transference,” April 2017.
Winner, 2017 Fiddlehead Contest for Short Fiction for “The Press,” February 2018.
Finalist, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Contest for “The Press,” February 2018.
Finalist, Mary Mohr Prize (Southern Indiana University) for “It Goes Both Ways,” January 2018.
Finalist, The Calvino Prize (University of Louisville) for “It Goes Both Ways,” December 2017.
Winner, Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest (Big Muddy, Southeast Missouri State) for “Story, Baby,” October 2017.
Tennessee Williams Scholarship to Sewanee Writer’s Conference, July 2017.
Winner, 2017 Nelson Algren Award for “Le Problem Being,” June 2017.
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi, June 2017.
Runner-up, AWP Kurt Brown Prize for “Le Problem Being,” May 2017.
Winner, 2016 F®iction Flash Fiction Competition for “Unity Orders,” December 2016.
Sterling Watson MFA Scholarship to Eckerd Writers in Paradise Conference, October 2016.
Presidential Fellowship from Texas Tech University (2015-2020), March 2015.
Truman Capote Fellowship (Brooklyn College CUNY), August 2013.
Award for Academic Excellence (University of Technology, Sydney), January 2012.
Prize for Best Thesis (University of Technology, Sydney), January 2012.
Elected to Golden Key International Honors Society, January 2012.