Honors

• She Writes Passion Project Finalist, 2010
• Teachers & Writers Bechtel Prize Finalist, 2010
• Poets & Writers Funding, spring 2010
• Seattle Arts & Lectures Writer-in-Residence, 2008-09
• Post Alley Film Festival Audience Choice Award, 2006
• Nell Shipman Awards Best Short Film Nominee, 2006
• Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award Finalist, 2005
• Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award Editor's Choice, 2005
• Iowa Review Poetry Prize Finalist, 2004
• Poetry Society of Virginia Herndon Memorial Prize, 2003
• Judge's Citation, Poetry Society of Virginia Cenie Moon Prize, 2003