2019
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Arts and Understanding (A&U): America's AIDS Magazine
"The Line"
2018
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2018 (December 2018)
Read by Strangers
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of the Month Selection (October 2018)
Read by Strangers
"Kirkus Star" from Kirkus Reviews
Read by Strangers
2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2017 (December 2017)
At Danceteria and Other Stories
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of the Month Selection (April 2017)
At Danceteria and Other Stories
"Kirkus Star" from Kirkus Reviews
2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Semi-finalist
At Danceteria and Other Stories
2016
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Squares & Rebels
"By Halston" from At Danceteria and Other Stories
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (Awarded General Contributor in Fiction), August 2016
2015
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Driftwood Press
"A Goddess Lying Breathless in Carnage"
2013
The Gertrude Stein Award for Fiction (Finalist) by The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review
"Three-Sink Sink"
Rainbow Award (Finalist) Best LGBT Biography / Memoir / Non Fiction / Poetry
The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity and Moving On
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Arts and Understanding (A&U): America's AIDS Magazine
"The Line"
2018
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2018 (December 2018)
Read by Strangers
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of the Month Selection (October 2018)
Read by Strangers
"Kirkus Star" from Kirkus Reviews
Read by Strangers
2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of 2017 (December 2017)
At Danceteria and Other Stories
Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Books of the Month Selection (April 2017)
At Danceteria and Other Stories
"Kirkus Star" from Kirkus Reviews
2017 Kirkus Prize for Fiction Semi-finalist
At Danceteria and Other Stories
2016
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Squares & Rebels
"By Halston" from At Danceteria and Other Stories
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (Awarded General Contributor in Fiction), August 2016
2015
Pushcart Prize Nomination by Driftwood Press
"A Goddess Lying Breathless in Carnage"
2013
The Gertrude Stein Award for Fiction (Finalist) by The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review
"Three-Sink Sink"
Rainbow Award (Finalist) Best LGBT Biography / Memoir / Non Fiction / Poetry
The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Sex, Love, Infidelity and Moving On