“My Father’s Blessing” – Talking Writing Prize
Winner of the 2017 Talking Writing Prize for Personal Essay, Writing and Faith Category
“Climbing Back Up”
Third Place in the Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Category, Women’s National Book Association 2017
“When the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary”
Honorable Mention in the Linda Joy Myers Memoir Vignette Prize Category, Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2016
“I Believe”
Honorable Mention in the Tilia Klebenov Jacobs Religious Essay Prize Category, Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2016
“Nine Is the Loneliest Number”
Second Prize in the Tilia Klebenov Jacobs Religious Essay Prize Category, Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2016
“My Father’s Blessing”
Second Prize in the Tilia Klebenov Jacobs Religious Essay Prize Category, Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2014