"Year of the Horse (2002) is a beautiful poem that complicates familial narratives. The scenes and the imagery are astonishing—they recharge the familiar. Each couplet is perfectly crafted, rich with linguistic pleasures. What a joy to encounter such fine work."
— Eduardo C. Corral / 2020 Blue Mesa Review Summer Contest

honors

2021

  • Finalist, Lumiere Review Writing Contest for poem "Rafflesia" — March 2021

2020

  • Runner-up, Blue Mesa Review Summer Contest for poem "Year of the Horse (2002)" selected by Eduardo C. Corral — December 2020
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize for poem "Church of the Greenland Shark" in Storm Cellar — December 2020
  • Nominee, Pushcart Prize for poem "No Myth" in Ruminate Magazine — November 2020
  • Winner, Hominum Journal Young Writers Contest for poem "Ylem Theory" — September 2020
  • Runner-up, Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose for poem "Cha" selected by Jericho Brown — August 2020
  • Nominee, Plain China: Best Undergraduate Writing for poems "The Way to a Chinese Daughter's Heart" and "Cha" in The Adroit Journal — August 2020
  • Nominee, Best New Poets for poem "Immigrant Daughter's Postcard to Hong Kong" in Diode Poetry Journal — April 2020
  • Gold Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for poem "The Way to a Chinese Daughter's Heart" — March 2020
  • Semifinalist, Adroit Journal Djanikian Scholarship — January 2020

2019

  • Winner, ​Selcouth Station, Environmental Chapbook Competition for chapbook "Cartography of Coming Home" — September 2019
  • Shortlisted, Sine Theta Summer Writing Competition for poem "What the Rabbits Saw" selected by Nancy Huang — August 2019
  • Runner-up, The Kenyon Review, Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for poem "Post Meridiem" selected by Richie Hofmann — April 2019
  • Recipient, Anthony Quinn Foundation, Scholarship for Literary Arts — March 2019
  • Silver Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for poem "Love, Hong Kong" — March 2019
  • Short-listed, Poetry Society of the UK, Tree Challenge for poem "Dermatology for Trees" — February 2019
  • Honorable Mention, Hollins University, Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest — February 2019​

2018

  • Teen Winner, L'Éphémère Review Writing Awards for poem "Maine Dream" selected by Topaz Winters — July 2018
  • ​Semifinalist, Adroit​ Prizes for Poetry & Prose for poem "Diphylleia Grayi" — July 2018
  • Nominee, Best New Poets for poem "Pythia" in The Penn Review — April 2018
  • Third place, League of Canadian Poets, Jessamy Stursberg Prize for poem "Burial" — March 2018
  • Gold Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for poem "Confessional" — March 2018
  • Gold Medal, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for flash fiction "Death Buys a Coffee" — March 2018