I have joined the poetry reading staff of TriQuarterly! Nomination, Best Microfiction Anthology 2021 Nomination by Jet Fuel Finalist, Autumn House Press 2020 Chapbook Contest. Nomination, Northwestern University’s MFA in Prose and Poetry program has nominated me for the Best New Poets 2020. Publication, my debut chapbook collection will be published by Dancing Girl Press. Participant, 2019 Hadley Creative Class, a collaborative professional development program from the Community Foundation of Louisville and Creative Capital. (2019) Featured Reader, “Dis/Comfort Zones: a journey into the sensations and politics of being”, Actors Theatre of Louisville (2019) Featured Reader, Louisville Bespoke Fashion Show (2019) Past Awards Finalist, Kentucky Writer’s Fellowship, Baltic Writers (2017 and 2018) Recipient, Hopscotch House Retreat from the Kentucky Foundation for Women (2017) Nomination, Pushcart Prize (2016) Honorable Mention, James Hearst Poetry Prize (2013) Recipient, Emerging Artist Award from the Kentucky Arts Council (2012) Finalist, Sarabande Books Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature (2012) Recipient, Toyota Alumni Grant, Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (2011) Recipient, Next Generation Leadership Grant, National Nonprofit Alliance (2010) Recipient, Fuse the Muse Artist Grant, Rowan County Arts Center (2010) Second Place, Sarabande Books Flo Gault Poetry Prize (2009) First Place, Sarabande Books Flo Gault Poetry Prize (2008) Honorable Mention, Sarabande Books Flo Gault Poetry Prize (2008) Finalist, Jim Wayne Miller Creative Nonfiction Contest (2008) Past Performances, Commissions and Public Readings Produced Play, “Catcall 2024: Or Why Men Now Cry in Public”, produced by the GRIOT PROJECT, Louisville, KY (2018) Featured Reader, featured reader alongside Ada Limon at the 2017 Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts program (2017) Commission, Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts. My poem “Insomnia” was choreographed and performed (2016) Featured Reader, Spalding at 21c Reading Series (2016) Commission, Commemorative occasional poem for Leadership Kentucky program (2015) Featured Reader, Spalding at 21c Reading Series (2016) Featured Reader, Flying Out Loud Reading Series (2015) Featured Reader, Spalding at the Speed Reading Series (2015) Featured Reader, INKY Reading Series (2014)
