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