Awards (selected):
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2023
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2022
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2021
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2020
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2019
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2018
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2016
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2015
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2009
Ucross Foundation Fellowship, 2008
Carson McCullers House Residency, 2008
Carson McCullers House Residency, 2007
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2007
Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching, Rhodes College, 2006
Carson McCullers House Residency, 2006
Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature, Tennessee Arts Commission, 2005
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, 2002
Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2001
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 2001
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, 2000
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, 1999
Ragdale Fellow, Ragdale Foundation Residency, 1999
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 1999
Writers Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency, 1998
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 1998
Pushcart Prize Nomination, 1997
John Atherton Tuition Scholar, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1993
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship Grant, 1989
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts & Sciences, Temple University, 1988
Temple University Fellowship, 1987
Temple University Fellowship, 1985
Fellowship in Literature, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1984
Bucks County Community College New Poets Award, 1983
