| 2019 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2018 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2016 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2015 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2009 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2008 |
Ucross Foundation Fellowship, Ucross, Wyoming |
| 2007 |
Charles R. Glover Chair of English Studies, Rhodes College, (2007-2011) |
| 2007 |
Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Rhodes College |
| 2007 |
Hill Fund for Curricular Development Grant, Rhodes College |
| 2007 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2006 |
Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching, Rhodes College |
| 2005 |
Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Rhodes College |
| 2005 |
Individual Artist Fellowship in Literature, Tennessee Arts Commission |
| 2002 |
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony |
| 2001 |
Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts |
| 2001 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 2000 |
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony |
| 1999 |
Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony |
| 1999 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 1998 |
Writers Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency |
| 1998 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 1997 |
Pushcart Prize Nomination |
| 1998 |
Faculty Development Endowment Grant, Rhodes College |
| 1997 |
Elizabeth Tuttle Fund Award, Philadelphia Art Alliance |
| 1993 |
John Atherton Tuition Scholar, Bread Loaf Writers Conference |
| 1992 |
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Temple University |
| 1990 |
Dissertation Fellowship, Temple University |
| 1989 |
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship Grant |
| 1988 |
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Temple University |
| 1988 |
Richard C. Newton Scholar, Temple University |
| 1988 |
Runner-up, Maurice Beebe Critical Essay Award, Journal of Modern Literature, Temple University |
| 1987 |
Temple University Fellowship |
| 1987 |
Winner, McBrearty Critical Essay Competition, (formerly the Robertson Prize) Temple University English Department |
| 1985 |
Temple University Fellowship |
| 1984 |
Fellowship in Literature, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts |
| 1983 |
Bucks County Community College New Poets Award |
