Publications

• “Live at Slugs,” Bridge Journal, Fall 2024

• “Night Watch”, Boulevard, Spring 2024

• “Woman With Dog,” Southern Indiana Review, 2023

• “Teshuvah,” American Literary Review, 2022

• ROAN (a novel) “Chapter 1”, The New Territory Magazine, April 2022

• “Bad”, Carolina Quarterly, January 2022 

• “Great Falls”, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, October 2021 

• “Hands”, Tahoma Literary Review, Fall 2020 

• “Checkpoint”, Third Point Press, Summer 2020 

• “Perfect Practice Makes Perfect,” StoryQuarterly, Fall 2011

• “Friedman in the Dark,” The Atlantic for Kindle, October 2010

• “Cousin,” Harpur Patale, Spring 2009

• “Flight,” North American Review, May-August 2008

• “Entropy,” American Short Fiction, Fall 2008

• “Graceland,” Shenandoah, Fall 2008

• “Bat Mitzvah,” Passages North, 2008

• “With a Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm,” The Yalobusha Review, 2008

• “Evenness,” The Southeast Review, 2007

• “Bruxing,” Mississippi Review, Spring 2007

• “Four Letter Words,” Alligator Juniper, 2007

• “Downward Facing Dog,” Art Amiss, July 2005

Honors

• Semifinalist, Iron Horse Literary Review Book Prize (Texas Tech University Press), 2022

• Nominated for Pushcart Prize, 2022

• Finalist, Nilsen Prize, Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2021

• Finalist, Ember Chasm Review, Novel Excerpt Contest, 2021

• Winner, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, 250-Word Creative Writing Challenge, August, 2021

• Finalist, Bat City Review Editor’s Prize, 2021

• Finalist, American Shorter Fiction Prize, American Short Fiction, 2021

• Finalist, Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, 2021

• Finalist, New Rivers Press, Many Voices Project for First Novel, 2012

• Special Mention, Pushcart Prize, 2010

• Recipient, Individual Artist Fellowship, Arkansas Arts Council, 2010

• Finalist, Iowa Review Award for short fiction collection, 2008

• John Clellon Holmes Memorial Award in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2008

• Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship, University of Arkansas, 2008

• Winner, Tampa Review’s Danahy Fiction Prize, 2008

• Walton Foundation Fellowship in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2006 to 2007

• Finalist, The Bellingham Review’s 2007 Tobias Wolff Award

• Finalist, 2007 Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Salem College

• Baucum Fulkerson Award in Creative Writing, University of Arkansas, 2006