Experience

Winner, Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Student Poetry Contest

Winner, Polyphony Lit Fall Contest; Volume 21, Spring 2026

Youth Winner, Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest

2nd Place Winner, Non-Rhyming Poetry, Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Writing Competition

Finalist, Glass Poetry Press Chapbook Series

Finalist, Bennington Young Writers’ Awards

Finalist, RHINO Poetry 2026 Founder’s Prize

Nominee, The Pushcart Prizes Anthology

Nominee, Best Small Fictions Anthology

Honorable Mention, New York Times 16th Summer Reading Contest

Honorable Mention, Poetry & Spoken Word, Ocean Awareness Contest

Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, under Jessica Poli (2026)

Kenyon Young Writers Workshop, under Gretchen Commocowich and Kate DeLay (2025)

Iowa Young Writer's Studio, under Danielle Wheeler (2024)

Staff Poetry Reader, Up the Staircase Quarterly (2025-present)

Interviewee, Polyphony Lit Volume 21 (March 2026)

Spoken Word Performance, Maria Faust Sonnet Contest (July 2025)