Pushcart Prize, “The End of the Tunnel,” 2000.
Scholarly Book Services named Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge a Best Bet for Fall/Winter 2011.
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist’s Fellowship, 2007.
Best American Essay Notable List:
- “Metamorphosis,” a Notable Essay of 2019
- “Ways to Tell a Story,” a Notable Essay of 2018
- “Threads,” a Notable Essay of 2011
- “Still Dancing,” a Notable Essay of 2009
- “Running Away from Home,” A Notable Essay of 2008
- “The End of the Tunnel,” a Notable Essay of 1999
- “Hanging On,” a Notable Essay of 1998
Best Non-required Reading Notable List: “Threads,” a Notable essay of 2011
Barnes and Noble Desk Diary: Quoted From Little Houses to Little Women, 2018.
Best of the Net:
- “Honeymoon Reservations,” nominated 2017.
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title, Fall/Winter 2011, Crossing the Blue Willow Bridge
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artist’s Fellowship, 2007
Prairie Schooner
- “In Another Tongue” received the Jane Geske Award, 2003.
- “End of the Tunnel” received a Reader’s Choice Award, 2000.