Honors & Awards
I Don't Belong Here
Realizing River City
Awards
1 / Second Place
"Bite" won Second Place in the 2018 Springfed Arts Prose Competition.
2 / First Place
"Lady: A Rumination on Desire" won First Place in the 2017 Fourth Genre Creative Nonfiction Prize.
3 / First Place
"Silent, Stifled Love" won the Michigan Memoir First Place Award from the Rochester Writers' 2016 Summer Writing Contest.
4 / Second Place
"Kissing Ginger" won Second Place in the 2016 Fourth Genre Creative Nonfiction Prize.
5 / First Place
"We Knew a Different Kind" won First Place in the 2015 Fourth Genre Creative Nonfiction Prize.
6 / Second Place
"Candy Land" won Second Place in the 2015 Fourth Genre Creative Nonfiction Prize.
Honors
1 / Best American Essays Notables
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"Marriage: A Grammar Exercise" was named a Best American Essays 2021 notable essay after appearing in Hypertext.
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"Train Gone" was named a Best American Essays 2019 notable essay after appearing in Midwestern Gothic.
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"Dwelling Place" was named a Best American Essays 2018 notable essay after appearing in Solidago Literary Journal.
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"We're All Mad Here: A Field Guide to Feigning Sanity" was named a Best American Essays 2016 notable essay after appearing in Limestone.
2 / Pushcart Nominations
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"Breaking Kayfabe" was nominated for a Pushcart in 2022 by Black Fox Literary Magazine.
3 / Best of the Net Nominations
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"Marriage: A Grammar Exercise" was nominated for the 2021 Best of the Net by Hypertext.
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"Marked" was nominated for the 2017 Best of the Net by The Nervous Breakdown.
