2021 Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Novel Prize – Finalist
2021 Black Lawrence Press Hudson Prize – Semi-Finalist

2020 The Saint Lawrence Book Award – Finalist

2019 The Saturday Evening Post: Great American Fiction Contest – 1st Place

2017 Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize – 3rd place
2017 Glimmer Train Fiction Open – Honorable Mention
2017 Napa Valley Film Festival Screenplay Contest – Finalist
2017 Byron Bay International Film Festival Screenplay Contest – 3rd place
2017 Slamdance Screenplay Competition – Quarter Finalist
2017 Page International Screenwriting Award – Quarter Finalist

2016 Screencraft Short Story Contest – Finalist
2016 Glimmer Train Family Matters Short Story Award – Honorable Mention
2016 New York Short Film & Screenplay Festival – Shortlist
2016 Hollywood Just4Shorts Screenplay Competition – Shortlist

2015 Faulkner–Wisdom Novella Competition – Runner up
2015 Faulkner–Wisdom Short Story Competition – Shortlist
2015 Carmel Bird Award – Shortlist
2015 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – Semi-finalist
2015 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize – Finalist

2014 Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize – 1st Place
2014 John Steinbeck Award – 1st Runner up
2014 Georgetown Review Magazine Contest – Runner up
2014 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – Semi-finalist

2013 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – Semi-finalist

2012 Walker Percy Prize in short fiction – Finalist
2012 Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Award – Honorable Mention
2012 Indiana Review Fiction Prize – Finalist
2012 American Literary Review Contest – Finalist
2012 Glimmer Train Short Story Award – Finalist
2012 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – Semi-finalist

2011 Machigonne Fiction Contest – Finalist
2011 Faulkner–Wisdom Writing Competition – Shortlist
2011 Faulkner–Wisdom Writing Competition – Semi-finalist

2010 Walker Percy Prize in short fiction – Finalist

2009 Faulkner–Wisdom Writing Competition – Finalist