FINALIST ELUDIA AWARD 2015, POISED FOR DEPARTURE, STORIES

FINALIST, GERTRUDE STEIN AWARD, 2014

SHORT-LISTED, BRIDPORT PRIZE, FICTION, 2012

SHORT-LISTED, FISH PRIZE, FICTION, 2012

COMMENDED, THE HIPPOCRATES PRIZE, POETRY, 2011

FINALISTS IN THE 1996 HEMINGWAY DAYS FIRST NOVEL CONTEST; RUNNER-UP IN THE 1998

PHOEBE FICTION AWARD FOR “ABSOLUTION”; SEMI-FINALIST IN THE 1994

HEEKIN FELLOWSHIP AWARDS;

TWO SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE SQUAW VALLEY COMMUNITY OF WRITERS, IN 1991 AND 1995

A THREE-TIME HAMBIDGE FELLOW

TWO TIME WINNER AT THE SANDHILLS WRITERS CONFERENCE,

FIRST IN BOTH THE NOVEL (JUDGED BY JANET BURROWAY), AND IN THE SCREENWRITING CATEGORY; A SEMIFINALIST IN THE 1997 CINESTORY SCREENPLAY AWARDS FOR ONE OF US.