Workshops, Events, Residencies, & Literary Awards

Workshops Taught

Multimedia PoetryThe Poetry Society of New York
May 2024

Essay Writing (Creative/Personal/Academic/College Admission) • Writopia Lab
Group youth workshops & private sessions; weekly during academic year & weeklong, daily summer workshops
July 2018 - September 2019

Personal Essay (WRTG 20500) • Ithaca College
Professor’s Apprentice
Spring 2018

Ithaca Writers Institute • Ithaca College
Personal Essay TA – Summer 2017
Poetry TA – Summer 2016

Literary Events

Featured Reader Poets in Pajamas Reading Series
A virtual reading organized by Aslan Gossett
May 2025

Featured Reader • Docupoetry Lab Reading
A multimedia reading organized by Emily Brandt
January 2025

Featured Reader
• [untitled collective] reading at Unnameable Books
A poetry reading raising funds for a local literary nonprofit
August 2024

Host, Moderator, & Reader
There’s A Lot to Unpack Here x A Velvet Giant
Sponsored by The Poetry Society of New York
Unpacked AVG contributors' writing with the writers after each reading, my own writing with the PSNY director of programming, and AVG's story, mission, & community in front of a live audience
August 2023

Guest • Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour
Discussed my writing and editorial experiences and read one of my poems for literary podcast
Listen to the interview & reading here
July 2023

Panelist • The Brooklyn Poets Poetry Festival
Journal Publishing, Editing and Submissions Panel and Q&A
Representing A Velvet Giant
May 2023

Co-Organizer & Host of A Velvet Giant Readings • NYC Poetry Festival
Summers 2021, 2022, 2023

Featured Reader • Miss Manhattan Nonfiction Reading Series
Invited to read a personal essay in the lineup of the Sex & Dating themed reading
February 2020

Residencies

Residency • The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA)
Short-term Residency for Hybrid Work, specifically video essay
Winter 2024
Offered Creative Nonfiction Short-term Residency for Spring 2025

Micro-Residency • The Poetry Society of New York
Residency in honor of Pride Month at Books are Magic in Brooklyn, NY
June 2019

Designated Alternate for Residency Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
Cinematography (video essay / multimedia writing)
Summer 2018


Literary Awards

Semifinalist: The Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award
Essay/Text-Image, “Clouded”
The Center for Women Writers International Literary Awards
Judged by Melissa Febos
2019

First Place: Image-Text Category • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Video Essay, “It's You.
2018

Sally Parr Memorial Award
Department of Writing at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Awarded to students within the major graduating with 4.0 GPA
2018

The Judge’s Prize • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Video Essay, “I'm Still Trying to Come Up with Grounding Strategies
Overall genre excellence
2017

First Place: Personal Essay Category • The Ithaca College Writing Contest
Essay, “Breaking Open”
2016

Grant • Boldface Emerging Writers Conference
Awarded by Department of Writing at Ithaca College
Conference held at University of Houston, Houston, TX
Summer 2016