Awards

Best American Essays 2012 by Robert Atwan, “Hiking Over the Edge,” notable essay

Pushcart Prize, three nominations

Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction, finalist, Lunch Ticket journal, “Dress the Mouse in Black”

River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Award for Mountains of Light

Chautauqua Nonfiction Prize for “Hiking Over the Edge,” Pushcart Prize nomination
    “Broken Hallelujah,” Editor’s Prize, Pushcart Prize nomination

Literal Latté’s Ames Essay Award for “Tinkering With Grief In the Woods”

Crab Orchard Review, First Poetry Book, finalist

Ruminate Magazine, VanderMey Nonfiction Prize, finalist

Spoon River Poetry Review, Editor’s Prize, Honorable Mention

Bradley University, Sipple Poetry Prize

Illinois Arts Council Award nomination

Under the Sun, “Deeper Lake of Blue,” Pushcart Prize nomination