Notable, Best American Essays 2022, “Returning to the Earth“

Finalist, december magazine‘s 2022 Curt Johnson Prose Award

Finalist, Gigantic Sequins‘ 11th Annual Flash Fiction Contest

Finalist, 2020 Remember in November Contest in Creative Nonfiction, Hippocampus Magazine – I’ll Be Seeing You: A Black Woman Travels in 2017

1st Place, Boston Accent Lit’s 2019 ‘Wicked Short’ Nonfiction Contest — “In the Drink“

Honoree, 2018 Hellebore Scholarship Award in Creative Nonfiction — Bitter Grief

Give Yourself Grace: A Conversation with DW McKinney, Literary Mama

Rediscovering Home: A Conversation with DW McKinney, Shenandoah Literary

“Think Outside the Beatbox,” The Backpack Show with Chris Brogan

“Little Bird” featured in Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour, s4 ep9 “We pounce as one“

1455’s 4th Annual Literary Festival, panel on “Literary vs. Freelance: The how’s and why’s of publishing nonfiction”, watch on YouTube

The 10 Most Popular Narratively Stories of 2019 — My Secret Life as a Mysterious Multimillionaire’s Personal Assistant

Essay recommended by The Unglossed Podcast in episode: “Balance”, September 25, 2019