Awards

Journalism and Broadcasting
  • Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) Awards, Lansing, Michigan, 2018-2019
    • Best Commercial, "Made in Michigan" (wrote, voiced, and acted in), 2018
    • Merit Commercial, "Mane Content Video Card" (wrote and voiced), 2018
    • Best Marketing Materials and Promos, "News Leader Locally Owned" (co-wrote with a team of newscasters), 2018
    • Merit Commercial, "Classic Chevrolet Lake City" (co-wrote with local business owners and acted in), 2019
  • Michigan Community College Press Association (MCCPA) Awards, 2008-2009
    • 1st Place, Hard News Story, 2008
    • 1st Place, Op/Ed Writing, 2008
    • 1st Place, Headline Writing, 2008
    • 2nd Place, Student Journalist of the Year, 2009
  • Noverr-Joseph Journalism Scholarship, Northwestern Michigan College, 2008
Creative Writing 
  • Bear River Writers' Conference Scholarships, English Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2010-2023
    • Poetry Workshop with francine j. harris, 2023
    • Poetry Workshop with Linda Gregerson, 2016
    • Poetry Workshop with Stephen Dunn, 2015
    • Poetry Workshop with Richard Tillinghast, 2011
    • Historical Fiction Workshop with Elizabeth Kostova, 2010
  • Finalist, The Best Chapbook Contest, 2015
  • Finalist, New Delta Review Chapbook Contest, 2013
  • Semifinalist, Boston Review Discovery Poetry Contest, 2012
  • Michigan Competitive Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2010-2011
  • LSA Alumni Scholarship, Jessica Rachael Kolins Scholarship for Creative Writing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2010
  • Academy of American Poets Prize, University of Michigan Undergraduate Prize, Avery Hopwood Awards, 2010
  • Poets' Night Out Student Award from the Traverse Area District Library with Publication and Reading at the City Opera House, 2006
Artist Residencies
  • Post-MFA Creative Writing Sabbatical and Publishing Residency, Pleasure Business, Writer-in-Residence, 2023-2024
  • Green House Press Artist Residency, Cadillac Creative, Artist-in-Residence, Cadillac, Michigan, 2019-2020
  • Hill House Artist Residency, Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology, Writer-in-Residence, East Jordan, Michigan, 2014
  • National Emerging Artist Residency, Grin City Collective, Poet-in-Residence, Grinnell, Iowa, 2011