Finalist, AWP Donald Hall Poetry Book Prize, "Tower Rat," 2026
Winner, Whitefish Review Montana Prize for Humor, “Depression Bus,” 2025
Finalist, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, “Levee,” 2025
Semifinalist, Tucson Festival of Books Fiction Competition, 2025
Semifinalist, Finishing Line Press Chapbook Competition, “Bronxville,” 2025
Best Local Poet, Asheville, North Carolina Mountain Xpress, 2024
International Merit Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, “One-Act Play,” 2024
Second Place, The Prose Poem Annual Competition, “Peacocks,” 2024
Honorable Mention, Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, “Moving Sidewalk,” 2024
Highly Commendable, Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition, “Levee,” 2023
First Prize, United Kingdom National Poetry Prize, “My Dead Father’s General Store in the Middle of a Desert,” 2023
Honorable Mention, Poetry of Courage Contest, North Carolina Poetry Society, “Getting to the Bottom of It,” 2022
Honorable Mention, JungNC Poetry Contest, “Movie Theater,” 2021
Longlist Finalist, United Kingdom National Poetry Competition, “Limousines,” 2021
Finalist, North Carolina State Poetry Competition, “Unforeseen Consequences of Cremation,” 2020
Longlist Finalist, United Kingdom National Poetry Competition, “Smell of New Lumber,” 2019
Longlist Finalist, Christopher Smart Poetry Book Prize, “Stranger Calling,” 2019
Honorable Mention, May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Book Prize, “Stranger Calling,” 2018
Semifinalist, Red Wheelbarrow, “One of the Girls Was Nadine Piowati and I Believe I Loved Her,” “Assassin,” 2018
Third Prize, Anthony Abbott Poetry Contest, “Making It Look Easy,” 2016
Third Prize, Isothermal Community College Poetry Contest, “Back-Up Plan,” 2015
Honorable Mention, Isothermal Community College Poetry Contest, “Journalist Wind,” 2015
Honorable Mention, National League of American Pen Women, John Keats Soul-Making Poetry Contest, “Cyclone Bees,” 2014
First Prize, Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition, “The Barn,” 2013