Writing

• Haiku poem “moonglow” nominated for a 2024 Touchstone Award by FreshOut Magazine

• Haiku poem “slack tide” nominated for a 2024 Touchstone Award by FreshOut Magazine

• Haiku poem “a late bloom” nominated for a 2023 Touchstone Award by Wales Haiku Journal

• Winner of the Los Gatos Poetry Contest for poem “Once Each Year",” awarded by town laureate Jen Siriganian (2023)

• Pushcart Prize nomination (2022) from The Lakeshore Review for poem “Once Each Year”

• Honorable Mention for "The Starling's Song" in the 2017 Pacific Rim Book Festival Awards

• Pushcart Prize nomination (2014)

• Recipient of the 2014 PushPen Press Pendant Prize for Poetry 

• 2014 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in the Poetry Category for The Weight of Snow

• Writer's Residency at the Owl Tree Cabin, Albion, CA (August 28 - September 26, 2014)

• The Weight of Snow featured on the USA Book News website

• 2014 International Book Awards Finalist in the Poetry category for The Weight of Snow

• 2014 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention recipient in the Poetry category for The Weight of Snow

• Named Feature Poet of Homebound Publications’ Vol. 2 Issue 4 of The Wayfarer Journal (2013)

• Presented with the Wellspring House Writer’s Residency (2012) and the Centrum Artist’s Residency (2012)

• Selected for the Ina Coolbrith Memorial Poetry Prize to represent UC Santa Cruz (2009)

• Presented with membership to The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

• Golden Quill Award (2004)