Poetry

• "Litany According to the Laws of Heat in Southern Appalachia," Best New Poets 2017, Forthcoming

• Placeholders for a Father [ Found During His Mother's Funeral," American Literary Review, Spring 2017

• "For My Older Sister [The First Thing I Remember About Living]" , Barrelhouse Online, September 2015

• "For Jackie [Who Lost Her Older Brother at Thanksgiving]," Barrelhouse Online, Forthcoming

• "When I Think About My Brother," Hunger Mountain, Forthcoming

• "An Ending is a Blunt Object," Word Riot, June 2015

• "Under Construction," Mississippi Review, Summer 2015

• "Involuntary Recall [see also: PTSD & Tree Branches on a Sunday Night]," A Bad Penny Review, Volume 5.1

• "Taxonomy of an Automobile Accident," Rattle, Winter 2014

• "Dinner with Matthew and His Friends," Elsewhere Lit, Issue #3

• "When Matthew Walks into the Atlantic," The Journal, Spring 2013

• "Sometimes I Want You to Throw Things" and "Twenty Miles Offshore," Ninth Letter Online, Winter 2013

• "Argument in the Parking Lot of Matthew's Apartment Complex," Dogwood, Volume 12: 2013

• "North Carolina, This Will Be the Last Poem," North Carolina Literary Review, Winter 2012

• "Ideas About Afterlife," Inkwell, Fall 2011

• "My Feral Parts Apologize [In Response to a Letter From My Mother]," Cold Mountain Review, Spring 2011

Nonfiction

• "Notes On A Conversation With My Sister," Quarterly West, Summer 2016

• "Heroic Messenger / The Weight Between Your Shoulders," Tupelo Quarterly, Winter 2016

• "Remainders \ Found Inside My Mother's Journal," Sonora Review, Forthcoming

• "Prescriptions For Pediatric Survival," The Boiler, Summer 2015

• "Swimming the Channel," Wrightsville Beach Magazine, September 2012

awards | Honors

• Runner-Up, The Hudson Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2017

• Honorable Mention, Tupelo Press Open Reading Period, 2017

• Finalist, Backwaters Press Book Prize, 2017

• Finalist, St. Lawrence Press Book Award, 2016

• Finalist, Zone 3 First Book Award, 2016

• Nominated, Best of the Net, 2016 (from Tupelo Quarterly)

• Finalist, Georgia Press Poetry Prize, 2016

• Finalist, American Literary Review Prizes, Poetry & Creative Nonfiction, 2016

• Finalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2016

• Finalist, Cider Press Review Editor's Prize, 2016

• 3rd Place, Writers at Work Fellowship Competition, Poetry, 2016

• Semifinalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry (Open Competition), 2016

• Winner, Writers at Work Fellowship, Creative Nonfiction, 2016

• Semifinalist, Perugia Press Prize, 2016

• Semifinalist, Akron Poetry Prize, 2015

• Semifinalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry (1st Book Prize), 2015

• Semifinalist, River Styx International Poetry Contest, 2015

• Finalist, Idaho Prize for Poetry (Lost Horse Press), 2015

• Finalist, Levis Prize in Poetry (Four Way Books), 2015

• Finalist, The Boiler Flash Essay Contest, 2015

• Finalist, Sonora Review Essay Prize, 2015

• Finalist, Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, 2015

• Finalist, Wheeler Prize for Poetry (OSU Press/The Journal), 2015

• Finalist, Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, 2015

• Special Mention, Hunger Mountain Ruth Stone Poetry Prize, 2015

• Winner, Gwen Frostic Award for Creative Nonfiction, 2015

• Finalist, Zone 3 First Book Award, 2014

• Semifinalist, Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize, 2014

• Finalist, Rattle Poetry Prize, 2014

• Finalist, Robert Dana Prize for Poetry (Anhinga Press), 2014

• Semifinalist, Akron Poetry Prize (U. or Akron Press), 2014

• Semifinalist, Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, 2014

• Finalist, Dogwood Prize for Poetry, 2013

• Semifinalist, River Styx Poetry Prize, 2013

• Semifinalist, James Wright Poetry Competition (Mid-American Review), 2013

• Finalist, James Applewhite Poetry Prize (North Carolina Lit. Review), 2012