2012 PEN/Bellwether Finalist, Novel finalist for Time of the Locust

2011 Dana Awards First Honorable Mention

2011 Nominee for Dzanc Books Best of the Web for "To Do List"

2010 Recipient of Norris Church Mailer Scholarship for Creative Writing, Wilkes University.

2009 Pushcart Prize Nomination for "Tokyo Chocolate"

The Willesden Herald International Competition 2009 Top Ten Short Stories for "Tokyo Chocolate."

Winner of Urbanite Magazine 2005 Non-Fiction Competition for "Wolf Outside My Door.”