Fellowships/ Grants
Honors
Producer/Director
Contributor/ Presenter
- 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