AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Finalist, “Gracious”; Third Coast Fiction Contest 2023.
- Finalist, Acacia Fiction Prize by Kallisto Gaia Press.
- Finalist, Hudson Prize by Black Lawrence Press
- Finalist, Big Moose Prize by Black Lawrence Press
- Semi-Finalist, Leap Frog Global Fiction Prize in YA.
- Award Winner, Zone 3 Literary Awards, Fiction 2021.
- Inprint/Michener Prize in fiction, $10,000, University of Houston 2004-5.
- Honorable Mention, Atlantic Monthly Contest in Fiction 2005.
- Finalist, Glimmer Train Contest for New Writers 2005.
- Finalist, Glimmer Train Contest Fiction Open 2009.
- Honorable Mention, Katha Contest of Indian American Writing 2004.
- Cambor Fellowship, University of Houston 2002
- Phi Kappa Sigma Prize for Best Fiction by an Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania
