| Workshop, Award or Honor | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Kimbilio Fellowship | 2024 | Participant in Kimbilio Fellows retreat, Taos, NM |
| Sewanee Writers’ Conference | 2023 | Participant in fiction workshop facilitated by Maurice Ruffin and Vanessa Hua |
| The Santa Fe Writers Project | 2022 | Novel manuscript shortlisted 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 |  |
| 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” |
| 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 led by novelist ZZ Packer |
| 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” |
| Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Writers Workshop University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
2003 | Selected for novel workshop led 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 |
| Robert Van Sant Memorial Short Story Contest Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
1991 | First Place for short story “Social Mobility”; Story published in “N” Magazine |