Novels:
Be My Own Father
· Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize - Finalist
· Hidden River Arts Black Mountain Award - Semi-finalist
· Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence - Finalist
· C & R Press Book Award - Top Fifty
· University of New Orleans Press - Semi-finalist
The Mailbox Maker
· Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize - Finalist
Sourland Stew
- Kallisto Gaia Press Joshua Tree Novel Prize - Finalist
Short Story Collections:
Your Only Best Hope
- Ohio State University's Non/Fiction Collection Prize - Semi-Finalist
Hardly Any Mess at All
· University of Georgia Press Flannery O'Connor Award - Finalist-
Conversations
- Livingston Press Tartts First Fiction Award - Finalist
Wedding Night
· Snake Nation Press Serena McDonald Kennedy Award - Short List -
Habit Swamps Logic
· Snake Nation Press Serena McDonald Kennedy Award - Semi-finalist
Remembrance Suite
· Snake Nation Press Serena McDonald Kennedy Award - Finalist
A Well Regulated Militia
· Livingston Press Tartts First Fiction Award - Finalist
Victory
· Regal House Publishing W. S. Porter Prize - Long List
Short Stories/Novel Excerpts:
Excerpt from Sourland Stew
· Retreat West First Chapter Contest - Long List
"Beacon Home"
· Glimmer Train Fiction Open - Honorable Mention