Best of the net 2026
Nomination, “Searching for Queer Joy in Tennessee,” Garden Party Collective
Sundress publications, trans/nonbinary writing retreat
Full Fellowship, 2025
awp intro journal awards winner
for the poem “Thoughts & Prayers,” forthcoming in Puerto del Sol, 2025
the garden party collective, neurodivergent / intersectional writers contest
for the poem “Searching for Queer Joy in Tennessee,” 2025
john c. hodges fellowship
Full Fellowship, 2023-2025
john b. emperor fellowship
Full Fellowship, 2023-2025
McNair Scholar
2022-2024
Danielle Lelene Barnes Endowed Scholarship
2022-2023
Samuel Henry and Elizabeth P. Mitchell Foundation Scholarship
Modern Languages, 2022-2023
Research and creative scholarly activities grant
“Queer Joy Through the Art of Found Family,” Full Research Fellowship, 2022-2023
Danielle Lelene Barnes Endowed Scholarship
2021-2022
dreamyard rad(ical) poetry consortium
Fellowship, 2021
common threads workshop intensive
Longleaf Review, 2021
women’s research and bgltq+ student center research fellowship
2020-2023
Research and creative scholarly activities grant
“Challenging the Objectification and Ostracism of Sexually Liberal Queer Women Through the Four Waves of Feminism,” Full Research Fellowship, 2020-2021
dreamyard rad(ical) poetry consortium
Fellowship, 2020
Research and creative scholarly activities grant
“Intersections Between Queerness and Religion in the Midwest: Christianity as Hyper-Marginalization for LGBTQ+ Community,” Full Research Fellowship, 2019-2020
reshaping conventions: race, gender, and identity explored through black representation award and scholarship
for the poem “Between Brown and Carmine,” 2nd Place, Poetry Contest, Melton Art Gallery, 2020
Merrick Sloane 