F e l l o w s h i p s
R e s i d e n c i e s
H o n o r s
2026 Residency Partial Fellowship
Vermont Studio Center
Participant Scholarship in Poetry
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
2025 Book Prize Finalist
Center for African American Poetry & Poetics
Poetry Scholar: Queer Week
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop
2025 First Year Fellow
Cave Canem Foundation
2025 Emerging Voices Fellow (declined)
Virtual Lambda Literary Retreat
Nomination for “When I Was a Boxer” in The Cincinnati Review
Best New Poets Anthology
2025 Poetry Particpiant (declined)
Tin House Summer Workshop
2025 Poetry Fellowship Finalist
Just Buffalo Poetry Fellowship
“When I Was a Boxer” in The Cincinnati Review
Selected for CLMP Black History Reading List
2024 Civil Society Fellowship & Writing Residency
Vermont Studio Center
2024 Writing Workshop Fellowship (declined)
The Watering Hole Retreat
Nomination for “After My Bipolar Diagnosis I Make Several Phone Calls & Everyone Says That Makes Sense” in Torch Literary Arts
Pushcart Prize
2021 Fellowship Award
Fulbright Summer Institute, University of Bristol: Arts, Activism, and Social Justice
2019-2023 Janet Weis Creative Writing Scholarship
Susquehanna University
Vermont Studio Center
Participant Scholarship in Poetry
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
2025 Book Prize Finalist
Center for African American Poetry & Poetics
Poetry Scholar: Queer Week
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop
2025 First Year Fellow
Cave Canem Foundation
2025 Emerging Voices Fellow (declined)
Virtual Lambda Literary Retreat
Nomination for “When I Was a Boxer” in The Cincinnati Review
Best New Poets Anthology
2025 Poetry Particpiant (declined)
Tin House Summer Workshop
2025 Poetry Fellowship Finalist
Just Buffalo Poetry Fellowship
“When I Was a Boxer” in The Cincinnati Review
Selected for CLMP Black History Reading List
2024 Civil Society Fellowship & Writing Residency
Vermont Studio Center
2024 Writing Workshop Fellowship (declined)
The Watering Hole Retreat
Nomination for “After My Bipolar Diagnosis I Make Several Phone Calls & Everyone Says That Makes Sense” in Torch Literary Arts
Pushcart Prize
2021 Fellowship Award
Fulbright Summer Institute, University of Bristol: Arts, Activism, and Social Justice
2019-2023 Janet Weis Creative Writing Scholarship
Susquehanna University
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