Inaugural winner of the “Poetry Unites–My Favorite Poem” contest hosted by the Academy of American Poets. Judges included Marie Howe, Edward Hirsch, and Robert Pinsky.
Chambers Prize for Study of a Foreign Language, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MFA Scholarship, Sewanee Writers’ Conference
Scholarship, New York Summer Writers Institute
2011 Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Fellowship
2011 and 2012 Summer Literary Seminars Fellowship
2010 Pushcart Prize Nomination
2010 Best of the Net Nomination
2010 First Place Award, Connecticut River Review
Jonathan Edwards College Arts Award, Yale University
3-time Winner in Connecticut Student Poetry Contest, Yale University