Awards & Honors

I’m honored that Marge Piercy selected “In the Masai Mara, Trans Day of Remembrance” as the second place poem for this contest.

“On Looking Away” was included in this annual anthology of the 50 best poems published in literary journals during the year.

Halfway Down the Stairs nominated “The Ocean Explains Herself” for a 2022 Best of the Net award.

“Motherless Gauhur considers the Taj Mahal” was chosen by Marge Piercy as the national second place winner for this prize in 2022.

My (unpublished) manuscript was a semifinalist for this prize by Two Sylvias Press in 2022.

Alchemy of Yeast and Tears was a finalist for this prize in 2022.

Alchemy of Yeast and Tears was a finalist for this chapbook competition in 2021.

Cordella Books inaugural Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, 2022, finalist

“On Looking Away” received an honorable mention in this contest, judged by Juan Felipe Herrera, in 2021

“The Province of Mothers” was chosen as first national honorable mention by Marge Piercy in 2021.

“Wild Child” was selected as a finalist for this prize by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2021.