STORIES
- "House Full of Feasting," THE CINCINNATI REVIEW Issue 13.2, 2017.
- "Slip," WHAT HAPPENED HERE: Year One at Paper Cuts JP, 2016.
- "Criminal Finally," The Drum, 2016.
- "The True End to All Sad Times," MUD SEASON REVIEW, 2016.
- "But for Herr Hitler," THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, 2015. (Nominated for Pushcart Prize.)
- "Blackberry Winter," BRIDGE EIGHT, 2015.
- "Take the Car, Take the Girl," CARVE MAGAZINE, 2015.
- "Rabbit's Foot," GREEN MOUNTAINS REVIEW, 2015.
- "Yellow Dock," WESTERN HUMANITIES REVIEW, 2015.
- "Cold Snap," THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY 2015.
- "Cliff Ordeal," COPPER NICKEL, 2013.
- "For Swimmers," GARGOYLE, 2012.
- "Slip," AMERICAN FICTION: BEST UNPUBLISHED STORIES BY EMERGING WRITERS, Vol. 12/ New Rivers Press, 2012.
- "The Amazing Discovery and Natural History of Carlsbad Caverns," THE COMMON, 2012.
- "No Name Creek," THE MALAHAT REVIEW, 2011.
- "Reptile House," NASHVILLE REVIEW, 2011.
BOOK AWARDS:
- Pity the Beast, Longlisted, Reading the West, 2/2022.
- Reptile House, Winner of the BOA Fiction Prize. BOA Editions, 2013.
- Reptile House, Finalist, The Flannery O'Connor Short Fiction Prize, 2012.
- Reptile House, Finalist, The Flannery O'Connor Short Fiction Prize, 2011.
STORY AWARDS
- Winner, "Alter Ego" Fiction Prize, The Drum and Grubstreet.
- Nominated for Pushcart Prize, "But for Herr Hitler," THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, 2015.
- Finalist, Robert and Adele Schiff Awards for the THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, 2014, "But for Herr Hitler."
- Finalist, Robert and Adele Schiff Awards for the THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, 2014, "Judas Cradle."
- Honorable Mention, Robert and Adele Schiff Awards for the THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, 2014, "True Carnivores."
- Co-Winner of The End is Nigh Story Prize for the THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY, for "Cold Snap."
- Finalist, Copper Nickel Fiction Prize Fiction Prize, 2012, for "Cliff Ordeal."
- Honorable Mention, New Millennium Writings, 2012, for "No Name Creek."
- Finalist, American Fiction Prize: New Rivers Press, 2011, for "Slip."
- Honorable Mention, Deborah Slosberg Memorial Award, May 2011, for "Slip."
- Winner, The Cara Memorial Award for Fiction, 2010, for "The Amazing Discovery and Natural History of Carlsbad Caverns."
- Honorable Mention, The Delaney Fellowship for Fiction, 2010, for "The Amazing Discovery and Natural History of Carlsbad Caverns," 2010
- Winner, The Sydney Robertson McLean Prize for Fiction, May 1987, for "Beef Jerky."
- Winner, Barbara Benson Prize, 1987
Book Reviews and Other Writing
- "Endangered Species," THE CINCINNATI REVIEW, Fall 2012, review of Kate Bernheimer's My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me