Awards

2020 Pushcart Nomination MacGuffin
2019 Peninsula Poets Winner
2015 Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Poetry
2015 Winner of the Michigan Notable Book Award
2015 Finalist Forward INDIE Book Awards
2014 Pushcart Nomination
2012 Lido Gallery Poetry & Music Series—voted one of The Best Venues for Spoken Word and Poetry Readings in Detroit by CBS News Detroit
2011 Pushcart nomination Chopin with Cherries
2008 Pushcart nomination The MacGuffin
2007 Nominated Best American Poetry by The MacGuffin
2006 Ocean Prize for Poetry
2005 Winner of the MacGuffin National Poet Hunt judged by Conrad Hilberry
2005 Crucible Poetry Prize, Barton College