2024 Etchings Press Novella Prize Winner: PINEVILLE TRACE
Publishers Weekly Booklife Editor’s Pick: PINEVILLE TRACE
2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award for First Novel Finalist: PINEVILLE TRACE.
Oak Ledge Writing Residency Contest Finalist, 2026
2025 Feathered Quill Book Award for Debut Author Finalist: PINEVILLE TRACE
2025 National Indie Excellence Award for Book Cover Design Finalist: PINEVILLE TRACE
2026 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction Distinguished Favorite: PINEVILLE TRACE
2026 Independent Press Award for Audiobook Distinguished Favorite: PINEVILLE TRACE
2025 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize Semifinalist: HAZELGREEN AND OTHER HAUNTS: A Memoir of Place-in-Essays
2025 Ohio State University Non/Fiction Collection Prize Semifinalist: HAZELGREEN AND OTHER HAUNTS: A Memoir of Place-in-Essays
2024 Sundress Publications Prose Open Reading Period Semifinalist: ANTENNA: A Novel-in-Stories
2022 University Of New Orleans Press Book Prize Semifinalist: ANTENNA: A Novel-in-Stories
2017 EKU (Eastern Kentucky Univ.) Outstanding Graduate Project Award: ANTENNA: A Novel-in-Stories
