Awards & Recognition

“The Arrow”
Winner of the 2025 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction edited by Edward P. Jones
Originally published in One Story, November 2024

Sea Change
A 2023-2024 APALA Adult Fiction Honor Book
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

2021-2022 Center for Fiction / Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow

“Attachment Processes”
Named a Distinguished Story in Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by
Min Jin Lee
Originally published in Idaho Review, June 2022

Winner of the Pushcart Prize for “Mantis”
Published in The Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses 2023 Edition
Originally published in Wigleaf, February 2021

“The Love Song of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat”
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
Finalist in the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest, judged by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Published in F(r)iction, Legacy Issue, April 2021

“Magnificat,” “Carried,” and “Bird Time”
Semi-Finalist in the American Short(er) Fiction Contest, judged by Susan Steinberg

“Commute”
First Runner-Up in Short Fiction for the Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, judged by Kristen Millares Young

“Names for Fireflies” and “Waters”
Finalists in the Black Warrior Review Flash Contest, judged by C Pam Zhang
"Waters" published in Fugue, March 2021

“Human Hearts”
Longlisted in the CRAFT Elements Contest: Conflict
Published in The Kenyon Review, May/June 2021 (excerpt and audio)

“Green Frog”
Named a Longform Fiction Pick of the Week
Published in Split Lip Magazine, August 2020