honors
AWARDS
Won
The Tusculum Review Poetry Chapbook Prize – 2022
Dinaane Debut Fiction Prize – 2019
Kalemba Short Story Prize – 2019
Finalist
Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series in Fiction – 2022
Minnesota Author Project – 2022
Shortlist
Commonwealth Short Story Prize – 2022
Nobrow Short Story Prize – 2020
Bristol Short Story Prize – 2019
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
Won
1000 Voices Program, Every Woman Treaty – 2022
Jacobson Scholar (Hawkinson Fund for Peace and Justice) – 2021/2022
Deborah Keenan Poetry Scholarship (Hamline University) – 2021
Writer of Color Merit Scholarship (Hamline University) – 2020 - 2023
Hubert H. Humphrey (Fulbright) Fellowship – 2018/2019
Young African Leaders Initiative – 2017
Semi-finalist
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative – 2022
Shortlist
Miles Morland Scholarship – 2022
Miles Morland Scholarship – 2021
Other Honours
Anoka County Library Featured Author – 2023
Brittle Paper’s Top 15 Debut Books of 2019
Dreamers Creative Writing Competition (Honorable Mention) – 2019