Awards & Shortlists

Inaugural Lillian Allen Prize Winner League of Canadian Poets (in partnership with Ontario Arts Council) | 2024
Poem of the Year Shortlist ARC Poetry Magazine | 2024
Inaugural Spoken Word Award Shortlist League of Canadian Poets | 2024
Reader’s Choice Award ARC Poetry Magazine | 2022
Finalist RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award | 2022
GOLD Award in Poetry National Magazine Awards | 2022
Poem of the Year Winner & Reader’s Choice Award ARC Poetry Magazine | 2021
Poetry Prize Longlist CBC Poetry Prize | 2021
Champion Canadian Festival of Spoken Word | 2018
Underground Indies Champion Canadian Festival of Spoken Word | 2018
Best Poet Award College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) | 2018
Pushing the Art Forward Award College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) | 2018
Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Culture Award LGBTQ Youthline Award | 2017

Grants, Residencies
& Fellowships

    • Ontario Arts Council | Disability Arts | 2025

    • Ontario Arts Council | Literary Works of Creation | 2025

    • Ontario Arts Council | BIPOC Skills Development Grant | 2024

    • Toronto Arts Council | Literary Arts Grant | 2023

    • Canada Council | Professional Development Grant | 2023

    • Canada Council | Residency Grant | 2023

    • Canada Council | Research and Creation Grant Spoken Word Artist | 2023

    • Canada Council | Travel Grant | 2022

    • Canada Council Professional Development Grant Spoken Word Artist | 2021

    • OAC Chalmers Professional Development Grant | 2021

    • Canada Council | Research and Creation Grant Spoken Word Artist | 2021

    • Canada Council | Research and Creation Grant Emerging Artist | 2020

    • OAC Virtual Accessability Grant | 2020

    • OAC Disability Arts Grant | 2020

    • OAC Recommender Grant (Brick Books) | 2020

    • OAC Recommender Grant (ARC Poetry Magazine) | 2020

    • OAC Literary Works of Publication | 2019

    • OAC Literary Works of Performance (Spoken Word) | 2019

    • OAC Literary Works of Performance (Spoken Word) | 2018

    • Deer Lake Artist Residency | Burnaby, BC | 2025

    • Arteles Back to Basics Residency | Haukijärvi, Finland | 2023

    • Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity | Emerging Writers Poetry Program | Banff, AB | 2023

    • Deer Lake Artist Residency | Burnaby, BC | 2023

    • Historic Joy Kogawa House Artist in Residence | Vancouver, BC | 2021

    • Doris McArthy Artist in Residence | Toronto, ON | 2021

    • Pink Door Writing Retreat | Rochester, NY | 2019

    • Tin House Winter Online Workshop Series | 2024

    • KAIROS Theatre Digital Arts Fellowship | Toronto, ON | 2021 - 2022

    • Winter Tangerine Dissolved in Water & Poet House Workshops | New York, NY 2017 - 2018