Awards and Publications

2023 – Second place for feature story in Virginia Outdoor Writers Association competition for “It’s Not Easy Being Gray”

2023 – Pushcart Prize nomination for short story “The Bridge”

2023 – First place in the 2023 Lit/South Awards in Fiction (short story “The Bridge” published in spring 2023 issue of Litmosphere: Journal of Charlotte Lit)

2022 – Finalist in the NYC Midnight Rhyming Story Challenge

2021  – Recipient of the Michael Kenneth Smith Fellowship for a manuscript workshop with editor Greg Michalson

2021 – Finalist in the NYC Midnight 250-Word Microfiction Challenge

2021 – Second place in Streetlight 2021 essay/memoir contest (essay “The Wedding Guest” published in 2021 Streetlight anthology)

2019 – Essay “A Few Last Words” published in October issue of Parhelion

2017 – Flash nonfiction pieces “Lauren” and “The Extraordinary Minister” published in Nine Lives: A Life in 10 Minutes Anthology

2016 – First place for feature writing portfolio from the Virginia Press Association

2013 – AAN award for food writing (3rd), the Association of Alternative Newsmedia

2011 – Short story “Everything Must Go” published in Richmond Macabre

2011 – Best in Show award from the Virginia Press Association

2011 – Award for Journalistic Integrity and Community Service from the Virginia Press Association, for work on a series examining the modern-day echoes of the Civil War