He has also received The Emily Clark Balch Prize from Virginia Quarterly Review, 2 McGinnis-Ritchie Awards from Southwest Review, and awards from Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and other publications.
He has also received The Emily Clark Balch Prize from Virginia Quarterly Review, McGinnis-Ritchie Awards from Southwest Review in 2016 for his essay La Serenata and in a prior year. He received awards from Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Prairie Schooner, and other publications.