- MacDowell Colony Fellow, February 2011
- 2009 Journalism and Women Symposium Fellow
- New School Writing Program Chapbook Competition, 2009 prize for nonfiction
- Rhode Island Press Association’s 2008 Editorial Awards, profile category, first place
- Rhode Island Press Association’s 2006 Editorial Awards, religion category, first place
- Rhode Island for Community & Justice 2005 Metcalf Award for Diversity in the Media, monthly magazine category
- Rhode Island for Community & Justice 2004 Metcalf Award for Diversity in the Media, weekly newspaper category
- Rhode Island Press Association’s 2004 Editorial Awards, feature category, third place
- Brown University Department of Creative Writing, 2000 Rose Lowe Rome Award for best poetry manuscript