AWARDS

AWARDS:
“Requiem for a Bubble Tea (波霸奶茶的安魂曲)” – Tom Howard/ John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest Winner – Winning Writers | Susan Atefat Prize for Nonfiction 2025 – Arts & Letters
“Homesick Island” – Beacon Street Nonfiction Prize 2021 – Redivider Journal
“Midnights in Cairo with Celine Dion” – Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference Contest Nonfiction Third-Place
“Tales of a Woman Coach” – Notable Mention in the Best American Sports Writing Series (2018)
“The River My Father Promised” – Nominated for Pushcart Prize; Notable Mention in the Best American Essay series (2017)

FELLOWSHIPS:
Editor-Writer Mentorship, The Word for Diversity (2026-2027)
Jack Hazard Fellowship, New Literary Project (2026)
Muses & Melanin Fellowship for BIPOC Writers (2025-2026)

RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES:
Spitsbergen Artist Residency (Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Kingdom of Norway)
Villa Kivi (Helsinki, Finland)
Dear Butte Writer-in-Residence (Butte, Montana, USA)
Dar Meso Artist Residency (Tunis, Tunisia)
Port Townsend Writing Conference (Port Townsend, Washington, USA)
Storyknife Writers’ Retreat (Homer, Alaska)
Monson Arts Residency (Monson, Maine, USA)
Buinho Creative Residency (Messejana, Portugal)
Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference (Mendocino Coast, California, USA) | Anne G. Locascio Scholarship
Storyknife Writers’ Retreat (Homer, Alaska, USA)
Disquiet International Literary Program (Lisbon, Portugal)
Anam Cara Retreat (Kenmare, Ireland)
El Gallinero (Granada, Spain)