Winner: Oregon Literary Fellowship in Fiction
Winner: Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation Scholarship in Fiction
1st Place Prize: Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
1st Place Prize: Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
Recipient: Pushcart Prize XXXV: Special Mention in Fiction
Winner: Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
Recipient: Anderson Center at Tower View Residency-Fellowship in Fiction
Winner: Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowship (Open Society Foundations)
Recipient: Cornell University, B.A. in Government, summa cum laude, with distinction in all subjects.
Winner: Sherman Bennett Writing Prize for Best Essay on the Principles of Free Government for “Institutional Bias: A Case Study of Plea Bargaining in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.” (Cornell University Honors Thesis)