Honors & Awards

•       Winner, The Georgia Review Prose Prize 2026, selected by final judge Kiese Laymon
— “Go Anywhere, Do Anything”

•       Finalist, The Iowa Review Award in Fiction, 2026, selected by final judge Tom Lin
— “Guidelines from the Last Editor”

•       Best Microfiction 2026, selected by final judge Diane Seuss
— “The Map That Leads Nowhere” (SmokeLong Quarterly)
— “The Distance We Name” (100 Word Story)

•       Shortlisted, DISQUIET Prize (Fiction), 2026

— “Go Anywhere, Do Anything”

•       Pushcart Prize Nominee
— “I Think I’m Special.” (Another Chicago Magazine, 2025)
— “Instructions for Carrying the Name of Your Dead Brother.” (Vestal Review, 2025)

•       Best Small Fictions Nominee,

— “The Distance We Name” (100 Word Story)

•       McCormack Writing Center Oregon Summer Workshop, Fiction (with Jamel Brinkley). Scholarship Recipient.

•       Kenyon Review Writers Workshop (Online), Fiction (with Rebecca Makkai). Scholarship Recipient.