Writing Awards and Recognition

2007

• “kenosis” ~ Relief Journal Editor’s Choice Award

• “kenosis” ~ Relief Journal Pushcart Prize Nomination

2018

• “station of the cross” ~ 3Elements Literary Review Pushcart Prize Nomination

2019

• [Say God is the music we strain to hear] ~ 3Elements Literary Review Best of the Net Nomination

• many strange apparitions ~ The Orison Chapbook Prize finalist

2020

• “fugue state in B minor” ~ 3Elements Literary Review Best of the Net Nomination

• “an open letter to the secretary who asked how i haven’t taken to drink or schedule 1 narcotics like so many of our colleagues” ~ Porcupine Literary Pushcart Prize Nominated

• “self-evident” ~ MassPoetry.org “Poem of the Moment”

• Teaching While Black ~ Massachusetts Book Awards finalist and "Must Read" Poetry

• the Colored page ~ Sundress Publication's Poetry Open Reading Period finalist

2021

• [Say Jonah was right and grace is wasted] ~ The Fare Forward Poetry Competition Winner

• “some students give apples” ~ Relief Journal Pushcart Prize Nominated

2022

• “just in case” ~ 3Elements Literary Review Best of the Net Nominated

• “solidarity” ~ the museum of americana Best of the Net Nominated

• “what i learned during Black History Month” by billy, age 8 (or 18) ~ Pangyrus Literary Magazine Pushcart Prize Nominated

• said the Frog to the scorpion ~ Diode Editions Chapbook Contest Finalist

2023

• MassPoetry Community Award

• the Colored page ~ New England Poetry Club Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize Finalist

• “the Banjo Player explains” ~ Solstice Literary Magazine Stephen Dunn Poetry Prize winner 

• “Invisible Man (Two Views)” ~ Alan Squire Publishing Annual Poetry Contest Short List

• the Colored page ~ Housatonic Book Awards Finalist

• “Inscrutable” [creative nonfiction] ~ Redivder Best of the Net nominated

• [Say pity is not action, is not love] ~ Presence Journal Orison Books' Best Spiritual Literature anthology nomination

• “curriculum development” ~ The Worcester Review Pushcart Prize nominated

• "on the morning I was cancelled by the CRT karens"~ The Elevation Review Pushcart Prize nominated

• "being present" [Creative Nonfiction] ~ Porcupine Literary Pushcart Prize nominated

• The Third Renunciation ~ Fare Forward Editors’ Best of 2023

2024

• "dispatches from the desk of Danel: the self-designated disciple and messianic anger-management translator" ~ Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts Pushcart Prize nominated

• Selections from Selling the World (manuscript in progress")~ Kinsman Avenue Publishing African Diaspora Award Longlisted and published

• The Third Renunciation ~ New England Poetry Club Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize Finalist

• "notice five things" ~ Beals Prize for Poetry Finalist

• “…believes all things” ~ 3Elements Literary Review Best of the Net Nomination

• "being present" [Creative Nonfiction] ~ Porcupine Literary Best of the Net Nomination

• “reflection” ~ Decolonial Passage Best of the Net Nomination