~Essays~

• “Summer, 1998” and “The Word for Bowl”, phoebe, Issue 55.2. Selected as Nonfiction Runner-Up for 2026 Spring Nonfiction Contest.
• “In ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ there’s something ‘Golden’ for all of us,” WBUR Cognoscenti, October 2025.
• “Life lessons from Josh Groban, 365 days a year,”WBUR Cognoscenti, December 20, 2023. Mentioned by the editor as one of the essays “inspired by music that has been a total delight to work on this year” in “Cognoscenti’s best stories of 2023.”
• “Why is it so hard to take up space?” Solstice, Summer 2023 Issue. Selected as an Editor’s Pick in Solstice’s Annual Literary Contest 2023.
• “Mirrors,” Pangyrus, February 17, 2023. Nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize and selected for Pangyrus 11: When We Choose anthology.
• “Backstreet’s back this holiday season — thanks to their music, I am too,” WBUR Cognoscenti, December 9, 2022. Featured as an Editors’ Favorite in “Cognoscenti’s Best Stories of 2022.”

~Contributions~

• “How the Essay Incubator Helped Shape My Writing Practice,” GrubStreet’s GrubWrites, June 2025.
• “One-way streets, the T and hip-hop on the radio. Your letters to Boston,” Edited by Cloe Axelson and Sara Shukla, WBUR Cognoscenti, February 14, 2024.
• “Love letters to Boston: More than friends. I’ll love you forever,” Edited by Cloe Axelson and Sara Shukla, WBUR Cognoscenti, November 21, 2023.

~Author Interview~

• “Dream of Green: A Cocktail and Conversation with Susan Nguyen,” diaCRITICS, February 2, 2022.

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~Fellowships, Contests, & Recognition~

• 2026 phoebe Spring Nonfiction Contest: Nonfiction Runner-Up
• 2025 swamp pink Nonfiction Prize (judged by Grace Talusan): Finalist
• 2025 Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence: Finalist
• 2023 CRAFT Literary Magazine’s Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest (judged by Sarah Fawn Montgomery): Finalist
• 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominee, December 2023: Nominated by Pangyrus for my essay “Mirrors“
• 2023 Solstice Literary Magazine’s Annual Literary Contest: Editor’s Pick for Nonfiction, published in the Summer 2023 issue
• Pauline Scheer Fellowship, 2023-2024, granted with support from GrubStreet