· Rose Warner Prize for Poetry (2021)

· Pushcart Prize nominee (2012)

· Card Tricks for the Starving, Ghost Road Press (2009)

· Pushcart Prize nominee (2009)

· Pushcart Prize nominee (2007)

· Winner, Poetry SuperHighway Poetry Contest (2006)

· Pushcart Prize nominee (2004)

· The Science of Broken People, Little Poem Press (2003)

· Finalist, Violet Reed Haas Poetry Award (2003)

· Semi-finalist, Cleveland State University First Book Competition (2002)

· Winner, Abbie M. Copps Poetry Prize (2001), Olivet College

· Finalist, Dana Award for Poetry (2000)

· Second Place, Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Poetry Contest (1999)