- The Nan Snow Emerging Writers Award, 2020
- The Loft Literary Center’s Excellence in Teaching Fellowship, 2020
- Minnesota State Art Board grant, 2019
- Bush Fellowship Finalist, 2019
- Space Ryder Farm, Semi-Finalist, 2019
- Loft Literary Center, Mentor Series Award in Fiction, 2010
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- Howard Hughes Science Writing Fellowship, Brown University, 2003
- Casey Shearer Award for Excellence in Creative  Nonfiction, Brown University, 2002
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