AWARDS & HONORS

Winner of the Poet’s Choice Award, Triad Contest, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets

Second Place of the Theme Award, Triad Contest, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets

Nominated for the Orison Anthology by Parenthesis Journal

Winner of the 30th Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, awarded by University of Minnesota-Duluth Library and Friends of the Duluth Public Library

Second Place/Honorable Mention for Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award, awarded by the Council of Wisconsin Writers, selected by Sean Thomas Dougherty

Second Place/Honorable Mention for the best creative writing paper by a graduate student, awarded by the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, selected by Di Brandt

Third Place for the Wilber Gaffney Poetry Prize

Nominated for Best New Poets

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2023-24 Research and Creation Grant, awarded by Canadian Council for the Arts

2023 Coffee House Press In the Stacks residency, partnership with MN Historical Society’s Gale Family Library

2023 Artistic Development Grant, awarded by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council

2020 Write On, Door County writing residency

2019 Artistic Development Grant, awarded by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council

2018 Artist Initiative Grant, awarded by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council

2018 Artistic Development Grant, awarded by the Chequamegon Bay Arts Council

2017 EVCAA Research Grant, awarded by the University of Minnesota Duluth

2016 Chancellor’s Small Grant, awarded by the University of Minnesota Duluth

2015 Individual Artist Grant, awarded by the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council

2015 Honorable Mention, Emerging Writers’ Grant, awarded by the Loft Literary Center

2012 Artist Initiative Grant, awarded by the Minnesota State Arts Board

2008 Richard H. Larson Fellowship, awarded by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to students who will enhance the diversity of the graduate population in the department and university