recognitions
2025
Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize, shortlist
Alexandra "Zan" Delaine Hailey Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, honorable mention for poem, "I Slip a Pin Through the Forewing of a Comma"
2024
Dr. Lucile E. Thompson Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, first place for poem, "A New Home"
Joe Pendleton Campbell Memorial Award, PSV, second place for poem, "Sieved with Galium Aparine"
Russ & Ellen Notar World Vision Poetry Award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "The OKness We Bring"
Family Relationships award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "Bienvenidos, Mundi"
Climate Change award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "A World Refocused"
2023
Peter K. Hixson poetry award through Writer's Relief
Push Cart Prize nomination for "Ad Infinitum" in Arboreal Literary Magazine.
Bess Gresham Memorial, Poetry Society of Virginia (PSV), second place for poem, "...with another."
Brodie Herndon Memorial, PSV, second place for poem, "Within a Chrysalis"
Cenie H. Moon Prize, PSV, third place for poem, "Her Writing Reads Like Rain"
Judah, Sarah, Grace, & Tom Memorial, PSV, first place for poem, "There's a Tree in Narok"
Elizabeth J. Urquhart Memorial, PSV, third place for poem, "A Carolina Wren Calls"
2022
Kingdoms in the Wild 2022 Poetry Prize for the chapbook Chameleon Sky
Mini-Contest #52, On the Premises, second place for a 50-word story, "It was only one card"
National Poetry Month video, The Elevation Review, quote
2021
Anne Spencer Memorial contest, PSV, third place for poem, "Formed Like an Etching"
Bess Gresham Memorial contest, Poetry Society of Virginia, second place for poem, "By a Kenyan Campfire"
Carleton Drewry Memorial contest, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "After a Summer Rain"
Ekphrastic Poetry Award, PSV, first place for poem, "When all the World" based on Hands at Cuevas de las Manos (a photo of cave paintings in Argentina)
2020
Karma Deane Ogden Memorial contest, Poetry Society of Virginia, third place for poem, "Our Bodies Always Seem"
2019
Soap Haiku Contest, Whole Life Soaps, top ten finalist for poem, "Star jasmine scales the trellis"
Ada Sanderson Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, first place for poem, "Riverwater Slips Into Unshakeable Night"
Bess Gresham Memorial contest, PSV, second place for poem, "One Summer With Claudia"
Don Frew & John Newcomb Memorial Award, PSV, first place for poem, "Clouds Cloak Like a Pallid Night"
Poetry Matters Project adult literary prize, finalist for poem, "A Curse or a Gift"
Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize, shortlist
Alexandra "Zan" Delaine Hailey Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, honorable mention for poem, "I Slip a Pin Through the Forewing of a Comma"
2024
Dr. Lucile E. Thompson Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, first place for poem, "A New Home"
Joe Pendleton Campbell Memorial Award, PSV, second place for poem, "Sieved with Galium Aparine"
Russ & Ellen Notar World Vision Poetry Award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "The OKness We Bring"
Family Relationships award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "Bienvenidos, Mundi"
Climate Change award, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "A World Refocused"
2023
Peter K. Hixson poetry award through Writer's Relief
Push Cart Prize nomination for "Ad Infinitum" in Arboreal Literary Magazine.
Bess Gresham Memorial, Poetry Society of Virginia (PSV), second place for poem, "...with another."
Brodie Herndon Memorial, PSV, second place for poem, "Within a Chrysalis"
Cenie H. Moon Prize, PSV, third place for poem, "Her Writing Reads Like Rain"
Judah, Sarah, Grace, & Tom Memorial, PSV, first place for poem, "There's a Tree in Narok"
Elizabeth J. Urquhart Memorial, PSV, third place for poem, "A Carolina Wren Calls"
2022
Kingdoms in the Wild 2022 Poetry Prize for the chapbook Chameleon Sky
Mini-Contest #52, On the Premises, second place for a 50-word story, "It was only one card"
National Poetry Month video, The Elevation Review, quote
2021
Anne Spencer Memorial contest, PSV, third place for poem, "Formed Like an Etching"
Bess Gresham Memorial contest, Poetry Society of Virginia, second place for poem, "By a Kenyan Campfire"
Carleton Drewry Memorial contest, PSV, honorable mention for poem, "After a Summer Rain"
Ekphrastic Poetry Award, PSV, first place for poem, "When all the World" based on Hands at Cuevas de las Manos (a photo of cave paintings in Argentina)
2020
Karma Deane Ogden Memorial contest, Poetry Society of Virginia, third place for poem, "Our Bodies Always Seem"
2019
Soap Haiku Contest, Whole Life Soaps, top ten finalist for poem, "Star jasmine scales the trellis"
Ada Sanderson Memorial Award, Poetry Society of Virginia, first place for poem, "Riverwater Slips Into Unshakeable Night"
Bess Gresham Memorial contest, PSV, second place for poem, "One Summer With Claudia"
Don Frew & John Newcomb Memorial Award, PSV, first place for poem, "Clouds Cloak Like a Pallid Night"
Poetry Matters Project adult literary prize, finalist for poem, "A Curse or a Gift"
