Awards

The Kenyon Review — Runner up of the 2023 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize

- Received $1250 scholarship to the Kenyon Young Writer's Workshop
- Per judge Richie Hoffman's comment: "Taking its inspiration from inherited histories, this poem unfolds with grace and clarity even as it grapples with ungraspable subjects. And all of this in sentences of assuredness and maturity that demonstrate an engagement with the mind and the senses (“a history charted in crushed lemongrass”). Through its careful attention to time, luminous detail, and the “body assimilating to history,” this poem achieves something rare and gorgeous: a deep exploration of self and a meaningful communion with the ancestors that make us who we are."

Woorilla — Runner up of the 2023 Louise Rockne Youth Prize

Young Poets Network — Commended in the Pantun Writing Challenge

Experiences

Student at Kenyon Young Writer's Summer Program | 2024

Writing Mentor for the archipelago's Writer Circles | 2023-24

Workshop Creator for Polyphony Lit's 'Around the World of Poetry in 80 Days' | 2022