| Workshop, Award or Honor | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
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Sewanee Writers’ Conference |
2023 | Participant in fiction workshop facilitated by Maurice Ruffin and Vanessa Hua
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The Santa Fe Writers Project |
2022 | Novel manuscript short listed for 2022 literary award |
| Aspen Summer Words, Aspen, Colorado | 2018 | Selected for novel workshop with novelist Peter Ho Davies |
| Tinhouse Writing Workshop, Portland Oregon | 2018 | Selected for novel writing workshop with novelist Tayari Jones |
| “Strivers” selected for inclusion in the PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools Program | 2016 |
 PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools |
| Callaloo Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters Writing Workshop at Oxford University, Oxford, UK | 2016 | Selected for fiction workshop led by novelist Ravi Howard. Selected to read at the culminating reading event. |
| Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fiction Prize | 2016 | Winner for short story collection “Strivers and Other Stories”
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| Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fiction Prize | 2013 | Commended Manuscript |
| 29th Annual Larry Neal Writers’ Awards D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC |
2012 | 2nd Place in Adult Fiction for short story “Assisted Living” |
| Iowa Summer Writing Festival University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
2006 | Participated in fiction workshop led by novelist Paula Morris |
| Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Writers Workshop University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
2004 | Selected for novel workshop lead by novelist ZZ Packer![vona[1]](https://i0.wp.com/rbtwms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vona1-1024x575.jpg?resize=200%2C112) |
| Sandhills Writers Conference Augusta University, Augusta, GA |
2003 | 2nd Place in Fiction, for short story “Strivers” |
| “The West Wing” Screenwriting Competition, The District of Columbia Office of Motion Picture and TV Development |
2003 | Finalist for screenplay “Good People” |
| Sandhills Writers Conference Augusta State University, Augusta, GA |
2003 | Participated in fiction workshop led by novelist Tommy Hayes |
| Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Writers Workshop University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
2003 | Selected for novel workshop lead by novelist Colson Whitehead |
| 19th Annual Larry Neal Writers’ Awards D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC |
2002 | 1st Place in Adult Fiction for short story “Lester is Late” |
| 18th Annual Larry Neal Writers’ Awards D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC |
2001 | Honorable Mention in Adult Fiction for short story “The Benefactress” |
| Hurston/Wright Writers’ Week Howard University, Washington, DC |
2001 | Selected for novel workshop led by novelist Patricia Elam |
| 17th Annual Larry Neal Writers’ Awards D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC |
2000 | Honorable Mention, Adult Dramatic Writing Category, for screenplay “The Golden Helmet” |
| Jenny McKean Moore Community Workshop George Washington University, Washington, DC |
1997 | Selected for fiction workshop led by novelist Danny Vilmure |
| Stillpoint Literary Journal, Athens, GA | 1992 | Short story “The Brown One” selected for publication |
| Robert Van Sant Memorial Short Story Contest Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
1991 | First Place for short story “Social Mobility”; Story published in “N” Magazine |
| Robert Van Sant Memorial Short Story Contest Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
1991 | Honorable Mention for short story “Of Rambling Minds” |
