First Prize, Writers’ Haven annual poetry contest, 2004
Third Prize, Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Contest, 2005
Finalist, Crab Creek Review annual Poetry Contest, 2008
Semi-Finalist, Concrete Wolf annual chapbook contest, 2008
Artistic Merit Award, Writers’ Circle, 2009
The Abbie M. Copps Poetry Prize offered by Olivet College and Garfield lake Review, 2012
The Mary C. Mohr Editors’ Award offered by Southern Indiana Review, 2012
The Soul-Making Keats Award in Poetry, offered by the National League of American Pen Women, 2012
Finalist, the Rash Award offered by Broad River Review, 2012
Second Honorable Mention, the Dana Award in Poetry, 2012
Third Prize, the Bacopa Literary Review annual Contest, 2013
Honorable Mention, the Norton Girault Literary Prize offered by Barely South Review, 2013
Finalist, the Nancy D. Hargrove Editors’ Prize offered by Jabberwock Review, 2013
Short List, Fish Poetry Prize, 2013
Semi-Finalist, Washington Prize (for Watching the Perseids), 2013
Semi-Finalist, Artsmith/Dwell Press Summer Solstice Broadside contest, 2013
Second and Third Place, Seven Hills Literary and Penumbra Poetry Contest, 2013
Semi-Finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2013
Finalist, Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Competition, 2013
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Cascadia Review, 2013
Literal Latte Poetry Award, 2013
Finalist, Briar Cliff Review Contest, 2013
Runner-Up, Paumanok Poetry Award, 2013
Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Award offered by Cutthroat, 2013
Winner, Sacramento Poetry Center Book Award (for Watching the Perseids), 2013
Finalist, Tusculum Review Poetry Prize, 2014
Semi-Finalist, Bermuda Triangle Prize from The Poet’s Billow, 2014
Shortlist (one of ten poems), The London Magazine’s Poetry Competition, 2014
Finalist, Pat Schneider Poetry Contest (Amherst Writers and Artists), 2014
Finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2014
Semi-Finalist, Grayson Books Poetry Prize (for Crossing Bone River), 2014
Editor’s Picks (three poems), Northern Colorado Writers, 2014
Finalist, Briar Cliff Review Poetry Contest, 2014
Finalist, the Rash Award offered by Broad River Review, 2014
Honorable Mention, New Millennium Poetry Prize, 2014
Semi-Finalist, Codhill Poetry Award (for book manuscript), 2014
Semi-Finalist, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Contest (for To Be Known), 2014
Third Prize, The Kent & Sussex Open Poetry Competition, 2015
Forward Prize nomination, by Crannóg, 2015
Honorable Mention (for Watching the Perseids), San Francisco Book Festival, 2015
Winner, Long-ish Poem Contest, Blue Lyra Review, 2015
Finalist, BorderSenses Poetry Contest, 2015
Honorable Mention, May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize (for Wire in Water), 2015
Finalist, Knightville Poetry Contest, The Writers Hotel, 2015
Pushcart Prize nomination, by The Briar Cliff Review, 2015
Finalist, Slippery Elm Poetry Contest, 2015
Honorable Mention, Reuben Rose Poetry Competition offered by Voices Israel, 2015
Finalist, The Briar Cliff Review Poetry Contest, 2015
Fifth Place and Twentieth Place, Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards, 2015
Finalist, Grayson Books Poetry Prize (for Crossing Bone River), 2015
Finalist, Five Oaks Press Winter Chapbook Contest (for This Disappearing), 2015
Semi-Finalist, Phillip McMath Post Publication Book Prize (for Watching the Perseids), 2015
Longlist, National Poetry Competition, 2015
Shortlist, Strokestown International Prize, 2016
Semi-Finalist, The Orison Poetry Prize (for The Marriage of Space and Time), 2016
Honorable Mention, Crosswinds Poetry Journal Contest, 2015
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for Crossing Bone River), 2016
Semi-Finalist, Beecher’s Magazine Poetry Contest, 2016
Shortlist (two poems), Fish Poetry Prize, 2016
Shortlist, Magpie Awards offered by PULP Literature, 2016
Finalist, Prime Number Magazine Award for Poetry, 2016
Semi-Finalist, Washington Prize (for Crossing Bone River), 2016
First Prize, McLellan Poetry Competition, 2016
Laureate’s Choice, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest, 2016
Shortlist, Stillhouse Press Poetry Contest (for The Marriage of Space and Time), 2016
Shortlist, Able Muse Write Prize, 2016
Shortlist, Bridport Prize (for two poems), 2016
Shortlist, The Elbow Room Prize, 2016
Winner, James Baker Hall Memorial Prize, New Southerner, 2016
Honorable Mention, Reuben Rose Poetry Competition offered by Voices Israel, 2016
Finalist, the Rash Award offered by Broad River Review, 2016
Third Prize, Crosswinds Poetry Journal Contest, 2016
Honorable Mention, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition, 2016
Quarterfinalist, Codhill Poetry Award (for Crossing Bone River), 2016
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 2016
Finalist, Dana Award in Poetry, 2016
First Runner-Up, Grayson Books Chapbook Contest (for Love’s Test), 2017
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for Crossing Bone River), 2017
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for The Marriage of Space and Time), 2017
Winner, 46er Prize for Poetry, The Adirondack Review, 2017
Shortlist, Fish Poetry Contest (for two poems), 2017
Winner, Prime Number Magazine Award for Poetry, 2017
Winner, Gearhart Poetry Prize offered by The Southeast Review, 2017
Finalist, New American Press Poetry Prize (for The Marriage of Space and Time), 2017
Semi-Finalist, Washington Prize (for Burning Man), 2017
Finalist, Susan K. Collins/ Mississippi Valley Poetry Chapbook Contest, 2016
Commended, McLellan Poetry Competition, 2017
Finalist, Tiferet Writing Contest, 2017
Finalist, Split Rock Review Poetry Chapbook Contest (for Love’s Test), 2017
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Prime Number Magazine, 2017
Finalist, Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook Contest (for This Disappearing), 2017
Semi-Finalist, Subito Press Poetry Contest (for Burning Man), 2017
Finalist, Blue Light Poetry Prize (for The Wire Said), 2017
Longlist, Rialto Nature and Place Poetry Competition, 2017
Winner, the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize, offered by The Tishman Review, 2017
Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Award offered by Cutthroat, 2018
Semi-Finalist, Cider Press Review Book Award, 2017
Honorable Mention, Quercus Review Press Fall Poetry Book Award (for Burning Man), 2017
Finalist, Iron Horse Literary Review Chapbook Competition (for Dark’s Channels), 2018
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for Burning Man), 2018
Honorable Mention, Passager Poetry Contest, 2018
Winner, Iron Horse Literary Review Chapbook Award (for Dark’s Channels), 2018
Finalist, Brittany Noakes Poetry Award, 2018
Semi-Finalist, Sundress Publications’ Chapbook Competition (for The Wire Said), 2018
Semi-Finalist, Sundress Publications Poetry Broadside Contest, 2018
Honorable Mention, Homebound Publications Poetry Prize (for Burning Man), 2018
Finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2018
Best of the Net nomination, by The Tishman Review, 2018
Finalist, John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, BkMk Press (for Burning Man), 2018
Shortlist, Bridport Prize, 2018
Semi-Finalist, Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize, 2018
Finalist, New American Poetry Prize offered by New American Press (for Crossing Bone River), 2018
Pushcart Prize nomination, by The Remembered Arts Journal, 2018
Honorable Mention, Able Muse Write Prize, 2018
Pushcart Prize Nomination, by Pushcart Contributing Editor Carolyne Wright, 2018
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for Burning Man), 2019
Winner, Grayson Books Chapbook Competition (for Love’s Test), 2019
Winner, Photo of the Week Poetry Challenge, Poets Reading the News, 2019
Winner, Editor’s Reprint Award, Sequestrum, 2019
Finalist, Cider Press Review Book Award (for Burning Man), 2018
Finalist, the Poetry Box Chapbook Prize (for Word of Our Crossing), 2019
Finalist, Janet B. McCabe Prize offered by Ruminate, 2019
Honorable Mention, Homebound Publications Poetry Prize (for Of Love in the Empire), 2019
Finalist, Wandering Aengus Book Award (for Of Love in the Empire), 2019
Finalist, The New Guard’s Knightville Poetry Contest, 2019
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Grayson Books, 2019
Pushcart Prize nomination, by MoonPath Press, 2019
Finalist, Naugatuck River Review’s 11th Annual Narrative Poetry Contest, 2019
Finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2019
Winner, The Briar Cliff Review’s Annual Contest, in Poetry, 2019
Third Prize, Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, 2019
Finalist, Frontier Poetry Open, 2019
Finalist, Cider Press Review Book Award (for Burning Man), 2019
Semi-Finalist, for The Word Works Tenth Gate Prize (for Burning Man), 2019
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition (for Burning Man), 2020
Finalist, Tiferet Writing Contest, 2020
Finalist, New Letters’ Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry, 2020
Finalist, Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Competition (for To Have Breathed All These Days), 2020
Honorable Mention, Thomas Merton Prize in Poetry of the Sacred, Center for Interfaith Relations, 2020
Finalist, Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest (for The Same Breath), 2020
Semi-Finalist, Off The Grid Poetry Prize (for Of Love in the Empire), 2021
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Briar Cliff Review, 2020
Finalist, Wandering Aengus Press Book Award (for Of Love in the Empire), 2020
Semi-Finalist, Wandering Aengus Press Book Award (for Burning Man), 2020
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Raven Chronicles Press, 2020
Honorable Mention, Joy Harjo Poetry Award offered by Cutthroat, 2020
Finalist, Keystone Chapbook Series, Seven Kitchens press (for Word of Our Crossing), 2020
Finalist, The Comstock Review Chapbook Contest (for Word of Our Crossing), 2020
Semi-Finalist, Inlandia Institute’s Hillary Gravendyk Prize (for Burning Man), 2020
Finalist, Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Open Prize, 2021
Finalist, Slippery Elm Poetry Contest, 2021
Finalist, the Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award (for Of Love in the Empire, 2020
Honorable Mention, Passager Poetry Contest, 2021
Finalist, Ruminate's Janet B. McCabe Poetry Contest, 2021
Finalist, Tiferet Writing Contest, 2021
Best of the Net nomination, by Galleywinter Poetry Series, 2021
Semi-Finalist, Ruminate Broadside Poetry Prize, 2021
Semi-Finalist, Inlandia Institute’s Hillary Gravendyk Prize (for Burning Man), 2021
Longlist, Palette Poetry Prize, 2021
Finalist, RHINO’s Founders’ Prize, 2021
Two Pushcart Prize nominations, by Galleywinter Poetry Series, 2021
Semi-Finalist, The Word Works Hilary Tham Capital Collection (for Burning Man), 2021
Finalist, The Word Works Tenth Gate Prize (for Lastness), 2021
Pushcart Prize nomination, by Book of Matches, 2021
Finalist, Wandering Aengus Book Award (for Lastness), 2021
Finalist, 11th Wheelbarrow Books Prize (for Lastness), 2022
Finalist, Bear Review’s Michelle Boisseau Poetry Prize, 2022
Second Prize, The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition, 2021
Winner, Editors’ Award, Wandering Aengus Press, (for Learning to Hold), 2022
International Merit Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 2022
Finalist, Cow Creek Chapbook Prize (for Word of Our Crossing), 2022
Winner, Sheila-Na-Gig Chapbook Competition (for The Arcane Mechanics of Constant Lift), 2022
Finalist, Orison Books Chapbook Prize (for Word of Our Crossing), 2022
Winner, The Briar Cliff Review’s Annual Contest, in Poetry, 2022
Finalist, Frontier Poetry’s Global Poetry Prize, 2022
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 2022
Semi-Finalist, Harbor Review’s Editor’s Chapbook Prize (for microchap Empathy’s Shadow), 2023
Longlist, C&R Press Summer Tide Pool Chapbook Awards (for Word of Our Crossing), 2022
Finalist, Poetry International Tiny Chapbook Competition (for Ride at Woodside), 2022
Semi-Finalist, Bayou Magazine’s Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry, 2022-23
Finalist, Jacar Press Chapbook Contest (for In Dazzle), 2023
Finalist, Southern Humanities Review’s Auburn Witness Prize, 2023
Finalist, Concrete Wolf Chapbook Award (for In Dazzle), 2023
Finalist, Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook Contest (for Word of Our Crossing), 2023
Semi-Finalist, Orison Chapbook Prize (for In Dazzle), 2023
Winner, Northwest Review’s Winter Poetry Contest, 2024