Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • 5th Annual American Fiction Awards, Finalist, Short Story-Fiction, for You’re in the Wrong Place, August 2021.
  • 25th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal, Great Lakes – Best Regional Fiction, for You’re in the Wrong Place, May 2021.
  • 31st Annual Midwest Book Awards, Winner, Short Story/Anthology, for You’re in the Wrong Place, April 2021.
  • Michigan Notable Book, Library of Michigan, for You’re in the Wrong Place, January 2021.
  • Pushcart Prize, nomination, Moon City Review, for “You’re in the Wrong Place,” December 2019.
  • Puerto del Sol 2018 Prose Contest, Finalist, for “Acolytes,” selected by judge Danielle Dutton, November 2018.
  • Winifred Fellowship for Fiction, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, April 2017.
  • Gesell Awards, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, First Place, Fiction, for “Constellations,” selected by judge Paul Cody, November 2016.
  • English Department Fellowship, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, January 2016.
  • Detroit Working Writers 2015 Writing Competition, First Place, Adult Fiction, for “Acolytes,” May 2015.
  • Pushcart Prize, nomination, Beecher’s, for “Memorial,” November 2014.
  • Tompkins Awards, Wayne State University, First Place, Fiction, for “Memorial,” April 2014.
  • Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, August 2013.
  • Tompkins Awards, Wayne State University, First Place, Fiction, for “The Grace of Lust,” April 2013.
  • Thomas R. Jasina Scholarship for English, Wayne State University, April 2013.
  • Loughead-Eldredge Scholarship for Creative Writing, Wayne State University, April 2013.
  • Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, August 2012.