Winner of the 2006 Del Sol Poetry Book Prize, Mary Jo Bang, Judge (2006).

Semi-Finalist for the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award for a first book of poetry (2006).

Runner-up, Barthelme Prize for Fiction, University of Houston (2006).

New England American Studies Association Regional Fellowship (2005).

Finalist for the Colorado Book Prize for Poetry (2005).

Honorable Mention, Brazos Bookstore/ Academy of American Poets Prize, Lucie Brock-Broido, Judge (2004).

Krakow Summer Poetry Seminar Fellowship, University of Houston (2003).

Stella Ehrhardt Doctoral Fellowship, University of Houston (2002-2004).

C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship, Imprint Inc. (2002-2006)

Jeanne Campbell Reesman Award for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Nomination, University of Texas at San Antonio (2002).

Dean's Circle Award Nomination for "Edward Dorn, Before Slinger," University of Texas at San Antonio (2001).

AWP Intro Award Nomination for "On Certain Connection et. al." (poem sequence), University of Illinois at Chicago (1994).

Roy Crane Award for Creative Accomplishment Finalist for "How Does That Make You Feel" (short story), The University of Texas at Austin (1991).