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awards & honors

AWARDS & HONORS: Text

"Minimizer" recognized as a "Notable Essay" in Best American Essays 2022

BOA Editions, Ltd. A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Book Prize finalist, 2022

The Iowa Review Nonfiction Contest finalist for "When It's Time to Grow Antlers," 2022


Boulevard Emerging Writers Nonfiction Contest finalist for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2021

Ruminate’s VanderMey Nonfiction Prize semi-finalist for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2021

Port Townsend Writers Conference Centrum Scholarship 2020

Hedgebrook Residency nonfiction finalist for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020

Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Contest finalist for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2020

Creative Nonfiction “Power” issue finalist for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020

Tuliptree Stories That Need to Be Told contest finalist for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020

The Pinch Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction finalist for “Soft Animal” 2019

Idyllwild Arts Writers Week Poetry Fellowship: Honorable Mention 2019

Graduate Research Award, Western Washington University for “A Prestigious Calling” 2019

Ross Travel Grant Award, Western Washington University 2018

United Graduate Fellow, Texas Tech University 2017

Helen DeVitt Jones Foundation Fellow, Texas Tech University 2016

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