awards & honors

Next Generation Independent Book Award Finalist in Women’s Literature for The Part That Burns 2021, Margarita Donnelly Award for Prose 2020, Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction Finalist, 2019, Millay Colony for the Arts Residency 2018, Millay Colony Juror, 2018, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts Residency 2018, Iowa Review Awards Finalist 2018, Narrative Magazine Story Contest Finalist 2018, Lamar York Nonfiction Prize Finalist 2018, Masters Review Emerging Writer's Award Second Place 2017, Proximity Personal Essay Prize Second Place 2016, Glimmer Train Honorable Mention 2016, Pushcart Nomination, 2015 and 2016, Fairy Tale Review Short Story Finalist, 2016, Curt Johnson Fiction Award Second Place 2015 (Finalist 2016), Barry Lopez Creative Nonfiction Contest Finalist 2015, Orison Anthology Awards 2015 and 2016 Finalist, Tiferet Journal Writing Contest 2015 Finalist, Medill School of Journalism Parenting Publications of America First Place Awards, Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award