“Comfort Dairy,” Shortlist, Chester B. Homes Memorial Fiction Prize, The Ocotillo Review, Kallistor GAIA Press 2021
"The Putin Resurrections," The Literary Review Share, Online
"An Opening," rkvry quarterly literary journal, Current Fiction
“Fine,” The Broad River Review, 2017
"Thing of Beauty," 30th Anniversary, Limestone: Art. Prose. Poetry, Catherine A. Brereton, Chief, University of Kentucky, Spring 2016
"The Putin Resurrections," Gulf Stream Literary Magazine, Online #12, May 13, 2016
Finalist, "The Putin Resurrections," Southern Indiana Review 2015 Mary C. Mohr Award 2016
“The Other Side of God’s Day,” The Penman Review: Southern New Hampshire University’s Online Journal for Creative Writers, penmenreview.com, July 27 2015
Nomination, Pushcart Prize, “Thing of Beauty,” by Limestone: Art. Prose. Poetry, University of Kentucky 2016
“Thing of Beauty,” Limestone: Art. Prose. Poetry, University of Kentucky, June 1 2015
Honorable Mention, “Thing of Beauty,” New Millennium Writings 37th Consecutive Awards, July 2014
“A Limitless Sky,” Radio Drama Adaptation, Delmarva Today: Writers Edition #17, Delmarva Public Radio, October 31, 2014
“A Limitless Sky,” The Delmarva Review, Volume 7, October 2014
“Love, Life, Loss,” Drunk Monkeys, drunkmonkeys.com, September 19, 2014
“Unforgiving,” Fogged Clarity, foggedclarity.com, May 2014
Nomination, Pushcart Prize, “A Terrible Energy,” by Menacing Hedge 2014
Nomination, Best of the Net, “A Terrible Energy,” by Menacing Hedge 2014
“A Terrible Energy,” Menacing Hedge, menacinghedge.com, Winter 2014
“A Limitless Sky,” Crack the Spine, crackthespine_issuu, Issue 108, 2013
Honorable Mention, "A Limitless Sky," New Millennium Writings 34th Consecutive Awards, July 2012
Glimmer Train Top 25, “A Terrible Energy,” Glimmer Train’s June 2012 Fiction Open, June 2012
Most Creative Local Marketing Campaign, Triangle CREW [Commercial Real Estate Women] 2010
“Watermark,” Narrative (www.narrativemagazine.com), Tom Jenks Editor, Summer 2008
1st Place, "Watermark," Narrative Short Fiction Competition, Narrative Magazine Fall 2007
“I Kneel Before You,” Daedalus: The Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Russell Banks Editor, Winter 2006
1st Runner Up, "I Kneel Before You," The South China Morning Post Short Fiction Competition/Radio Television Hong Kong/Pan Macmillan Publishing 2002 (under pseudonym)