December 2013
“The Brass Elephant in the Room” earns second Place in Vermillion Literary Project Annual Short Story Contest

November 2013
First Place in Morningside College Word Slam

October 2013
“At the Particle Accelerator at Krasnoyarsk” reprinted in Best American Non-Required Reading 2013

August 2013
“You Can’t Imagine” selected as Honorable Mention in May Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers

June 2013
The Idea of Leaves within the Dying Tree selected as finalist in New Michigan Press / Diagram chapbook contest

January 2013
Some Kind of Memorial (with BJ Hollars) selected as finalist in New Delta Review chapbook contest

February 2012
Some Kind of Memorial (with BJ Hollars) selected as finalist in Burnside Review chapbook contest

November 2011
“The Best Week” nominated for AWP Intro Award

December 2009
Some Kind of Memorial (with BJ Hollars) selected as finalist in Black Lawrence Press Fall Black River chapbook contest