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awards & nominations

Thanks! 

"Blackouts," Essay.

Pushcart Nominee, ELJ. 2025

ABOUT THE WORK, Memoir

Finalist. Minerva Rising’s 2023 Memoir Contest

Finalist, Trio House Press 2024 Memoir Contest

​Thanks to the Ohio Arts Council for a grant to complete this project.

CHAOS MAGIC, Novel. Kallisto Gaia Press

Finalist, 2023 Joshua Tree Competition (forthcoming).

​Recipient of an Artist grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

"Teeth," Essay.

Winner, 2023. San Miguel Prize

"Factory Work," Essay.

Finalist, 2023. Gordon Square Review

Finalist, 2023. New Millenium Writing Awards 

"Steady," Essay.

Honorable Mention, 2023. Tom Howard/John H. Reid Contest

"Disembodied," Essay.

WINNER, CutBank Montana Prize in Nonfiction (soon to appear in Issue 99

Finalist, 2022. Cutthroat Barry Lopez Prize for Nonfiction

Finalist, 2022. New Millenium Writing Awards

DESPITE THE WORK. Chapbook.

Finalist, Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition

WE ARRIVE UNINVITED. Novel.

Winner, 2021. Steel Toe Books Award. 

Winner, 2021. Winter Goose Publishing Award.

Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition.

Second Rounder, Launch Pad Prose Competition.

Redlist, Coverfly. 

DANDELION GHOSTS. Flash.

Winner, 2020 Flash Fiction Magazine Award.

THE GLASS CITY. Stories.

Winner, 2016 Press Americana Award.

​Finalist, 2016 Calvino Prize from The University of Louisville.

TO BEGIN AGAIN. Stories.

Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Fiction.

RESOLUTIONS. Stories.

Semifinalist, 2018 Book Pipeline Competition

Short stories.

Best Short Fictions, 2017. Anthology.

Finalist, 2021 Women On Writing Essay contest

Finalist, Dundee Book Awards.

Finalist, Glimmer Train Award.

Finalist, Certy's Prize.

Wigleaf's Top 50, 2012.

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