Creative Writing Prizes & Awards

Elizabeth Alexander Writing Award, Winner, “Translations of Ba’s Recipe for COVID Prevention” Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, forthcoming 2024

Robert Chasen Memorial Poetry Prize, Honorable Mention, “‘Six Thousand Miles to Tomorrow’ & Other poems” Cornell University, 2022

Graduate Creative Writing Award: Nonfiction, Runner-up, “For Twenty-One Years, I Thought I Was a Single Child” judged by Sean Hill, Kansas State University, 2021

Graduate Creative Writing Award: Poetry, Winner, “‘Ma, Let Me Tell You / Your Story’ & Other Poems” Kansas State University, 2020

Graduate Creative Writing Award: Fiction, Runner-up, “Everyone Must Watch” Kansas State University, 2020

Womxn’s History Month Special Issue Poetry, Winner, “In the End You All Get Caught” and “Burrow” Columbia Journal, 2020

World Food Day Poetry Contest Student Category, Winner, “What I Wish My Dog Understands” Kansas State University, 2019

Shortlists, Longlists, Finalists

Periplus Fellowship, finalist, Periplus Mentorship Collective, 2023

Scotti Merrill Award, semi-finalist, Key West Literary Seminar, 2023

Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry, longlist, The Adroit Journal, 2023

Palette Poetry 2022 Love & Eros Prize, finalist, 2023

Palette Poetry 2022 Emerging Poets Prize, finalist, 2022

92NY Discovery Poetry Prize, semi-finalist selected by Timothy Donnelly and Sumita Chakraborty, Unterberg Poetry Center, 2022

The 2021 Frontier OPEN, longlist, Frontier Poetry, 2021

DISQUIET Literary Contest, shortlist, DISQUIET, 2021

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, finalist, Winning Writers, 2021

Nominations

The Pushcart Prize, “At Home, You Hold No Space between Names” nominated by Crazyhorse (now swamp pink), no. 102, 2022

The Pushcart Prize, “Let the Wild Things Grow” nominated by Meridian, No. 45, 2021

Best of the Net, Sundress Publications. “Wrinkles as Ocean’s Trenches” Nominated by Glass Poetry Press, 2021

Make Your Mark Scholarship Contest, LewerMark Student Insurance. Nominated by K-State International Student & Scholar Services, 2020

Best New Poets, Best New Poets Anthology. Nominated by K-State MA-Creative Writing, 2020

Intro Journals Project, Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Nominated by K-State MA-Creative Writing, 2019

Academic Fellowships, Awards, & Honors

David L. Picket Thesis Fellowship, Cornell University, 2023

East Asia Research Travel Grant, Cornell University, 2023

Graduate School Research Travel Grant, Cornell University, 2023

Mellon Fellowship for the Urban Justice Lab, “Seeing to Be in the Aftermath,” Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, & the Humanities, Cornell University, 2022

International Leadership Award, Alumni Association, Kansas State University, 2021

Triota Women’s Studies National Academic Honor Society, Kansas State University, 2021

Graduate Professional Development Award, English Department, Kansas State University, 2021

Seaton Fellowship for Graduate Students in Creative Writing, Kansas State University, 2020

Edwards Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Kansas State University, 2020

Alumni Association International Student Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2020

International Student Center Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2020

Graduate Student Support Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2020

Seaton Fellowship for Graduate Students in Creative Writing, Kansas State University, 2019

Edwards Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Kansas State University, 2019

Honaman Japanese Study Fund Award, Franklin & Marshall College, 2018

Mu Upsilon Sigma Music Honors Society, Franklin & Marshall College, 2018

Nolt Music Award for Musical Excellence, Franklin & Marshall College, 2017

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