Awards
- Winner: Writer-in-Residence: Amy Clampitt House (2013)
- NEA Fellowship: National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship for Poetry (2011)
- Winner: Writer-in-Residence University of Pennsylvania (2010–2011)
- Winner: Poet in Residence: Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana (2009)
- Winner: Nadine B. Andreas Public Scholar in Speech Communication, Minnesota State University, Mankato (2008).
- Winner: Hampton International Film Festival's Sloan Fellowship for Screenwriting (2004)
- Semi-Finalist: Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for Mütter (2004)
- Winner: Grand Prize, Philadelphia Film Festival for Mütter (2003).
- Winner: Myers Foundation Grant (2001 and 2003)
- Two-Time Winner: National Poetry Slam: Slammaster's Slam (2000, 2001).
- Three-time Winner: NYU/Barnes and Noble Monologue Contest (1999–2000)
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