Awards & Recognition

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize​

​An APALA Adult Fiction Honor Book

2021-2022 Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow

“Attachment Processes”
Named a Distinguished Story in Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by Min Jin Lee
Originally published in Idaho Review, June 2022​

Winner of the Pushcart Prize for “Mantis”
Published in The Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses 2023 Edition
Originally published in Wigleaf, February 2021

“The Love Song of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat”
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
​Finalist in the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest, judged by Kirstin Valdez Quade 
Published in F(r)iction, Legacy Issue, April 2021​

“Magnificat,” “Carried,” and “Bird Time”
Semi-Finalist in the American Short(er) Fiction Contest, judged by Susan Steinberg

“Commute”
First Runner-Up in Short Fiction for the Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, judged by Kristen Millares Young

​“Names for Fireflies” and “Waters”
Finalists in the Black Warrior Review Flash Contest, judged by C Pam Zhang
"Waters" published in Fugue, March 2021

​“Human Hearts”
Longlisted in the CRAFT Elements Contest: Conflict
Published in The Kenyon Review, May/June 2021 (excerpt and audio)

“Green Frog”
Named a Longform Fiction Pick of the Week
Published in Split Lip Magazine, August 2020