I’m (notoriously) reclusive and (occasionally) active on Letterboxd and social media. Otherwise, you can sometimes find me chatting with other artist baddies on podcasts, yapping about astrology in local cafes, or hiking any reservoir within 50 miles of my house.
- Editor’s Pick, Raymond Carver Fiction Contest (Carve Magazine), 2016
- Clay Reynolds Novella Winner, 2017 (for Blindsided)
- Katherine Anne Porter Short Fiction Prize Finalist, 2018 (for ISABEL and other stories)
- Red Hen Press: Quill Prose Award Winner 2018 (for Summer of the Cicadas)
- Southern Indiana Review: Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award Winner, 2018 (for Quiet with the Hurt)
- Semi-Finalist for the Big Moose Prize through Black Lawrence Press 2020 (for Dogfight)
- Emerging Artist Grant from Creative Pinellas, 2020-21
- Vocal Fiction Award Winner, 2022
- Alderworks Alaska Artist Retreat, 2022
- Gobioff Foundation Grantee, 2022
- Vocal Fiction Guest Judge, 2022
- Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Judge, 2022
- ValleyCreates Capacity-Building Artist Grantee, 2022
- First Pages Prize Panel, 2023
- ValleyCreates Project Evolution Artist Grantee, 2023
- Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2023 (for The Lightkeeper and Tea in the Morning, Time Passing)
- YesYes Books Fiction Longlist, 2024
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Chelsea Catherine 