Honors and Awards

2022 Finalist, New American Poetry Prize
2022 Finalist, Steve Kowit Poetry Prize
2022 Winner, The Diode Editions Full-Length Book Contest
2022 Finalist, Cow Creek Chapbook Prize
2022 Finalist, Emma Howell Rising Poet Prize
2021 Finalist, Hillary Gravendyk Prize
2021 Finalist, Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, Persea Books
2015 Finalist, Sitka Fellows Program
2015 Finalist, Washington Square Review’s Flash Fiction Contest
2015 Semifinalist, Sycamore Review’s Flashcard Flash Fiction Contest
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
The Korea Times Scholarship
Ronald McDonald House Charities Scholarship