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Grants & Fellowships
- Millay Colony for the Arts Residency (2017)
- Artist Trust Fellowship (2017)
- Hafer Family Foundation Residency, Camano Island, WA (2007)
- Artist Trust, GAP Grant (2007)
- Writer in Residence Fellowship, Jentel Foundation, Sheridan, WY (2006)
- Centrum Residency Fellowship, Fort Warden, WA (2006)
Select Awards & Honors
Writing:
- Dzanc Novella Prize 2020, Finalist
- Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest (2018) Winner, Carmen Maria Machado, judge
- Narrative Fall Fiction Contest (2017) Finalist
- Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2017) Finalist
- Iowa Short Fiction Award (2017) Semi-finalist
- Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2013) Finalist
- Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award (2010) Winner. Alan Cheuse, judge
- Salem College 2010 International Literary Awards, Fiction (2010) Honorable Mention
- Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award in Fiction (2010) Finalist
- A Room of Her Own Orlando Prize for Short Fiction (2010) Finalist
- Gulf Coast Fiction Prize (2010) Finalist
- Iowa Short Fiction Award (2009) Semi-finalist
- Cutthroat Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award (2009) Finalist
- Zoetrope: All Story Short Fiction Contest (2009) Honorable Mention. Yiyun Li, judge
- Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award (2009) Second Place
- Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2009) Finalist
- Symphony Space Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize (2008) Winner. Amy Hempel, judge
- Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2008) Honorable Mention
- Glimmer Train Family Matters Fiction Award (2008) Finalist
- Glimmer Train Fiction Open Award (2007) Finalist
- Nimrod Katherine Anne Porter Prize (2007) Semi-finalist
- Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction (2006) Winner
- Adult Short Fiction Competition, Pacific Northwest Writers Association (1998) Finalist
Film & Video:
- Audience Choice Award, Planet Out Short Film Contest (2003) Civil Enough
- Best Narrative Feature, The Director’s View Film Festival, Stamford, CT (2003) Group
- Best Feature, Jurors’ Choice, New Festival, NY, NY (2002) Group
- Best Director, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Seattle, WA (2002) Group
- Audience Choice, Best Feature Film, Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (2002) Group
- Official Selection, IFP Film Market, NY, NY (2001) Group