Writing Awards
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA emergency Covid grant) , 2020
SOPA (Portuguese American Heritage), Congressional Recognition award for literature, 2018
Travel grant “Kale Soup for the Soul,” Fundação Luso-Americanato, 2014, US@PT grant, (FLAD), 2013
Center for Cultural Innovation, Creative Capacity Quick Grant, 2012, 2014
CantoMundo, Austin, TX, 2011, 2012
Formby Research Fellowship (Kay Boyle), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2010
California Arts Council, 2002-2003
Barbara Deming Foundation Money for Women, 2001-2002
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship for Poetry, 1997-1998
Elizabethe Kempthorne Endowment for Creative Writing--1992
Selected Residencies
Disquiet, International Literature Program, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011
Milkwood, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, Sept. 2009
Fundación Valparaíso, Mojacar, Spain, Sept. 2008
Jentel, Banner, Wyoming, Jan.-Feb. 2003 (stipend)
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, summer 1999
Vermont Studio Center, Writers Grant, Johnson, Vermont, winter 1998