Semi-finalist, The Center for Book Arts Letterpress Chapbook Poetry Competition for Thought Frost Voodoo
2015
The Erotic Postulate named to the 2015 Over the Rainbow List for poetry, compiled by the American Library Association’s GLBT Round Table.
2014
“I Am Not a Myth” is the September 12, 2014 Poem-A-Day from The Academy of American Poets
2013
2012 Debut Poet, Eighth Annual List from Poets & Writers Magazine (Jan/Feb 2013 Issue)
2012
Semi-finalist, Poets Out Loud Prize for Smite & Spoon
Pushcart Nomination for “Tanka Answers to a Ten Question Interview” from PoetsArtists
Pushcart Nomination for “M/Ghost M” from PoetsArtists
2011
Finalist, Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry for Smite & Spoon
Pushcart Nomination and Sundress Best of the Net Nomination for “Füße: Umlauts, Eszetts, A Step” from StepAway Magazine
Pushcart Nomination for “At the Academy of Taxidermy Mirram Keeps a Secret” from OCHO
Longlist, Montreal International Poetry Prize
2010
Semi-finalist, the DeNovo Award, C&R Press for The Erotic Postulate
Pushcart Nomination and Sundress Best of the Net Nomination for “The Allentown Aubades” from Blue Fifth Review
Pushcart Nomination for “In Pursuit of a More Perfect Armor” from Poets & Artists (O&S)
Pushcart Nomination for “Homography” from OCHO
2009
Finalist, Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize for Skin Shift
Finalist, Memorius Art Song Contest to work with composer Randall West
Semi-finalist, The Akron Poetry Prize, The University of Akron Press for The Erotic Postulate
Pushcart Nomination for “In the Shadow City…” from Hobble Creek Review
Letterpress Printing & Fine Press Publishing Seminar For Emerging Writers, The Center for Book Arts
2008
Finalist (top five), New Issues Poetry Prize, New Issues Poetry & Prose for Skin Shift
Finalist, Poetry Society of America New York Chapbook Fellowship for Xaymaca: An Island Sheaf
Finalist, New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Competition for Specular Reflection
Finalist, Keystone Chapbook Prize for Keystone Effect
Finalist, Robin Becker Chapbook Prize for Platos de Sal
Semi-finalist, Walt Whitman Award, Academy of American Poets for The Erotic Postulate
Semi-finalist, Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Prize for Specular Reflection
Pushcart Nomination for “Somersault Precedes Transformation” from Poets & Artists (O&S)
Pushcart Nomination for “Mothers Eating Other Mothers’ Young” from Center
2007
Winner, Beauty/Truth Press 2007 Chapbook Competition for Narcissus Resists
Finalist, Keystone Chapbook Competition for Platos de Sal
Runner-up, Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition for Platos de Sal
Also Notable, a top five manuscript for “prowess in composition and daring originality,” Caketrain Chapbook Competition for Narcissus Resists
2006
Winner, Spire Press Spring 2006 Chapbook Award for Pear Slip
Semi-finalist, Walt Whitman Award, Academy of American Poets for The Erotic Postulate
Fourth place, the Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition for Pear Slip
2005
Best New Poets 2005: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers
Finalist, National Poetry Series Open Competition for The Erotic Postulate
Finalist, New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Competition for Pear Slip
Semi-finalist, Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition for Narcissus Resists
2004
The Hopwood Award for Poetry, Graduate Division, and The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize, The Avery Hopwood and Jule Hopwood Contest at The University of Michigan, awarded for the manuscript The Erotic Postulate
The Kay Deeter Award, awarded annually by the editors of the journal Fine Madness
Finalist, Slapering Hol Chapbook Competition for Pear Slip
Pushcart Nomination for “How to Write, How Not to Write About Pears” from Fine Madness
2002-2003
Colby Fellowship, The University of Michigan.
2000
Summer Fellow, The Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets at The Stadler Center for Poetry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Summa Cum Laude with Highest Honors in English for Senior Honors Thesis: Empire of Light: History and Art in the Poetry of Derek Walcott, Muhlenberg College
The Morris S. Hoats Award, Muhlenberg College, for a senior who has shown the greatest interest in and application of literature and the cultivation of a literary mind.
The Wallace A. Ries ’54 Award, Muhlenberg College, for a senior who has contributed to College life through creativity, artistic vision and spirit.