​My fiction has earned many awards and accolades from editors, judges, and academics:

​Shortlisted for a Page Turner Award, 2022, for novel-in-progress An American Girl

Winner of Seven Hills Review Novel Excerpt Contest, 2018, for Summer of ‘85
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Winner of Serena McDonald Kennedy Fiction Award, 2011, for short story collection, They Hover Over Us
 
Finalist, American Fiction Awards, General Fiction category, 2021, for Summer of '85

Distinguished Favorite, NYC Big Book Award, General Fiction category, 2021, for Summer of '85

Honorable mention, Hollywood Book Festival, General Fiction competition, 2021, for Summer of '85

Finalist for Somerset Novel Award, 2016, for novel Made To Break Your Heart

Pushcart Prize nominee, 2009, for short story “A Completely New Life,” published in Potomac Review

Winner of 2008 Flash Fiction Contest, Red Cedar Review, for story “He Never Talked About You”

Top Ten Summer Read, 2012, Midtown Scholar bookstore, Harrisburg, Pa., for They Hover Over Us.
 
Beverly Hiscox Scholarship for Excellence in Writing, Wilkes University, 2009.
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Receiving the Beverly Hiscox Award at Wilkes University's Graduate Program for Creative Writing.