Awards & Honors

1st Place, Inner Sins' 2015 Horror Poetry Contest: "A Child's Plea" 

A Room of Her Own Foundation's 2013 Tillie Olsen Fellow

Pushcart Nomination: "The Last Silver Button"

NYC Midnight 2013 Flash Fiction 5th Place Finalist

Gemini Ink 2013 Summer Festival Workshop Scholarship Recipient

Spirited Woman Foundation Spirit Scarf Award, August 2013

Bartleby Snopes August 2012 Story of the Month: "The Last Silver Button"

National Novel Writing Month Winner 2012

My Family Travels 2007 Essay Competition Finalist: "A Japanese Lesson"