· 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)