awards & honors

Writer-in-Residence at Hedgebrook, February 2024
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Finalist, Passages North Ray Ventre Memorial Nonfiction Prize, for "When It's Time to Grow Antlers," 2023
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"Minimizer" recognized as a "Notable Essay" in Best American Essays 2022 edited by Alexander Chee 
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Finalist, BOA Editions, Ltd. A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Book Prize , 2022
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Finalist, The Iowa Review Nonfiction Contest, for "When It's Time to Grow Antlers," 2022
 
Finalist, Boulevard Emerging Writers Nonfiction Contest, for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2021
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Semi-finalist, Ruminate’s VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2021
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Port Townsend Writers Conference Centrum Scholarship 2020
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Finalist, Hedgebrook Nonfiction Residency, for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020
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Finalist, Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Contest,  for “When It’s Time to Grow Antlers,” 2020
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Finalist, Creative Nonfiction “Power” issue for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020
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Finalist, Tuliptree Stories That Need to Be Told contest, for “A Prestigious Calling,” 2020
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Finalist, The Pinch Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction, for “Soft Animal” 2019
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Honorable Mention, Idyllwild Arts Writers Week Poetry Fellowship, 2019
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Graduate Research Award, Western Washington University for “A Prestigious Calling” 2019
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Ross Travel Grant Award, Western Washington University 2018
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United Graduate Fellow, Texas Tech University 2017
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Helen DeVitt Jones Foundation Fellow, Texas Tech University 2016