♦ “Near the end, your mother tells you she’s been seeing someone” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Rhysling Award (Short Poem Category) – 2023
♦ “Near the end, your mother tells you she’s been seeing someone” (poem) – first place – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Speculative Poetry Contest (Short Poem Category) – 2022
♦ “Magic Lessons” (poem) – first place – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Speculative Poetry Contest (Long Poem Category) – 2018
♦ “Archaeology” (poem) – Nominated – Best of the Net– 2018
♦ “Separation Anxiety” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Dwarf Star Award – 2018
♦ “Sizzle” (Flash Fiction) – Second Place – Postcard Poems & Prose Flash Fiction Contest – 2018
♦ Winner, Emerging Artist Fellowship in Literature: Fiction – Delaware Division of the Arts – 2018
♦ “The Raven’s Hallowe’en” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for speculative poetry, long poem category – 2018
♦ “The Hawthorn Muses” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for speculative poetry, long poem category – 2018
♦”Witch’s Hour” (novelette, May/June 2017 ) called out as “one of the strongest horror stories published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2017″ – Best Horror of the Year Volume 10, Edited by Ellen Datlow (Night Shade Books, 2018)
♦ “Craving” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Dwarf Star Award for speculative poetry – 2017
♦ “The Ballad of Molly Malone” (poem) – Second Place – Lyon College Celtic Poetry Contest – 2017
♦ “Life Lessons” (microfiction) – Finalist – Odyssey Con OddContest – 2017
♦ “Thirteen Ways to See a Ghost” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for speculative poetry, long poem category – 2017
♦ “Terran Mythology” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for speculative poetry, short poem category – 2017
♦ Undoing Winter (poetry chapbook) – First place – Elgin Award – Science Fiction Poetry Association – 2016
♦ “Craving” (poem) – first place – Science Fiction Poetry Association Poetry Contest (Dwarf Poem Category)- 2016
♦ “Thirteen Ways to See a Ghost” (poem) – second place – Science Fiction Poetry Association Poetry Contest (Long Poem Category)- 2016
♦”Lying Down with Ghosts” (poetry collection) – Honorable Mention – Dogfish Head Poetry chapbook competition – 2016
♦ Poetry Fellow, Delaware Seashore Poet and Prose Writers Retreat – Delaware Division of the Arts/Delaware State Arts Council – 2016
♦ Undoing Winter (poetry chapbook) – nominated – Elgin Award – Science Fiction Poetry Association – 2015
♦ Emerging Artist Fellowship in Literature: Fiction, Honorable Mention – Delaware Division of the Arts – 2015
♦ “Atlas Unhinged”(poem) – First Place (tied) Reader’s Favorite – Eternal Haunted Summer Magazine, Spring Equinox Issue – 2015
♦”Daughter of Heaven” (short story) – Semi-Finalist – Writers of the Future Contest, Fall 2014
♦ Poetry Fellow, Cape Henlopen Poet and Prose Writers Retreat – Delaware Division of the Arts/Delaware State Arts Council – 2014
♦”Again” (short story) – Honorable Mention – Writers of the Future Contest, June 2014
♦ Emerging Artist Fellowship in Literature: Fiction, Honorable Mention – Delaware Division of the Arts – 2014
♦ “When She’s Ready” (short story) – First Place – Delaware Literary Connection’s “Second Saturday Poet’s Writing Contest”, short prose category – 2012
♦ “All Souls’ Day” (poem) – Nominated – Science Fiction Poetry Association Rhysling Award for speculative poetry, short poem category – 2012
♦”Deeper Than Dreams” (poetry collection) – runner-up – Dogfish Head Poetry chapbook competition – 2012
♦”Bride Gift” (poem) – First Place – Enchanted Conversation : A Fairy Tale Magazine – November 2012
♦”A Tale of Two Witches” (poem) – First Place – Enchanted Conversation : A Fairy Tale Magazine – February 2012
♦”Chaos Effect” (poem)- commendation – Golden Sparrow Literary Review “Golden Sparrow Poetry Prize” – 2011