Fellowships/ Grants

• Summer Residency for Parents: Tin House 
• Peter Taylor Fellow: Kenyon Review Writing Workshop  
• Alumni Writing and Teaching Fellow: Bennington Writing Seminars
• Writer-In-Residence: Rivendell Writer’s Colony 
• Art Ventures Individual Artist Grant, Community Foundation of Northeast Florida

​Honors

• Best of the Net nomination, "Color Theory", originally published in Cutleaf Journal
• Pushcart Prize nomination, “Delivery”, originally published by ​Coda Quarterly

Producer/Director

• Co-producer/director: Douglas Anderson Writers’ Festival – March 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

• Faculty Advisor: Elan, An International Student Literary Magazine – 2013 to Present

Contributor/ Presenter

• Contributing Writer: Dreamboat Reading Series 
• Featured Writer: UNF Baobab Black Arts Reading Series, presented at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville – “Poetry: Luminaries and Rising Stars”
• Featured Presenter: Jacksonville Public Library Writer’s Lab celebrating National Poetry Month – “Perspectives on Ekphrastic Poetry”, Main Branch 
• Featured Writer: White Whale Bookstore in Philadelphia, PA – “A Poetic Celebration of Motherhood” 
• Contributor/Performer: 1 poem featuring live and recorded oral interpretation, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville exhibit, Romancing the Mirror, part of the Sound Gallery series 
• Featured Presenter: Jacksonville Public Library Lit Chat celebrating National Poetry Month (April 2021)
  
• Panelist: TEDxFSCJ Salon: Art (Re)Defines Us 
• Guest Poetry Editor: Bridge Eight Magazine, Issue 4 
• Co-host/Contributor: Swamp Radio: a live radio and podcast experience celebrating the culture, art and history of Northeast Florida 
• Contributor: The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens’ exhibit, Reflections: Artful Perspectives on the St. Johns River​