| Semi-Finalist, Rose Metal Press Sixth Chapbook Contest, January, 2012 | Bristol Short Story Prize, 2011, Longlist | Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions, 2011, Longlist | Cut Through the Bone, Longlist, Frank O'Connor Int'l Short Story Award, 2011 | Cut Through the Bone, Longlist, The Story Prize, 2010 |
| Guest Editor, Smokelong Quarterly Magazine, May, 2010 | Writer in Residence, Necessary Fiction, March, 2010 | Winner, PANK Little Books contest, 2010 | Winner, 30 Day Writing Regimen, Southeast Review Online, 2010 | Third Eye Commentary, Founding Review, August, 2009 |
| PANK, Runner-up, First Annual Chapbook Contest, 2009 | Davy Byrne International Writing Contest, Longlist, 2009 | Fish Publishing One Page Story Prize, Longlist, 2009 | Bartleby Snopes Magazine, Story of the Month, May, 2009 | Mills College Alumni Graduate Merit Scholarship, 2002-2004 |
| Mills College Academic Honors List, 1998-2004 | Writer's Colony Dairy Hollow, Residency, Arkansas, 2003 | Mills College Dean's Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, 1998-2002 | Marion Hood Boess Haworth Prize, First Place, Young Adult Fiction, 2002 | Ardella Mills Prize, Second Place, Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| Ardella Mills Prize, First Place, Fiction, 2001 |
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