Fellowships & Awards

• Finalist, the L.A. Times Book Prize, The Wildlands

• Finalist, the Chicago Review of Books Awards, The Wildlands

• First Editions Club, Parnassus Books, The Wildlands

• First Place, the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, The Lightkeepers

• First Place, the Chicago Review of Books Awards, The Lightkeepers

• AudioFile Earphones Award, The Lightkeepers (audiobook)

• Friends of American Writers Literary Award, The Last Animal

• Finalist, the Orion Book Award, The Last Animal

• November Indie Next List, The Last Animal 

• Indies Introduce Debut Writers Selection, The Last Animal

• Illinois Arts Council Agency Award, "In the Spirit Room"

• "Other Distinguished Stories," Best American Short Stories, "Dharma at the Gate"

• First Place, Glimmer Train Fiction Open, "Captivity"

• First Place, Chautauqua Contest, "Silence" 

• "Other Distinguished Stories," Best American Short Stories, "Captivity"

• The Iowa Fellowship