Awards
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024, Commonwealth Foundation
Longlisted, Top 3% of 7,359 entries: Short Story: The Mother Hive
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International Literary Seminar Fiction Contest 2023
Top 10 Runnerup Prose: Short Story: The Mother Hive
The Green Shoe Sanctuary Annual Summer Writing Prompt Contest 2022
First Place: Essay: Claiming a Piece of My Past
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Spirelights: St. Andrews College Creative Nonfiction Contest 2022
Finalist: I Stayed
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal: A Midsummer Tale Narrative Writing Contest 2021
Third Place: The Night on the Rock
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Eyelands Literary Contest 2021
Finalist: Slices of Cake: A Collection of Short Stories
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Muddy Paw Press: American Dread Anthology Short Story Contest 2021
Finalist: My Mother's Knives
Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2021
Honorable Mention Creative Nonfiction: Global Citizen
Honorable Mention Novel-in-Progress Excerpt
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International Human Rights Art Festival Creators of Justice Literary Awards 2020
