American Odesseys: Writings by New Americans, Vilcek Foundation, 2011
Finalist, Asian American Short Story Contest, Hyphen Magazine & The Asian American Writers' Workshop, 2010
The Best American Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Winner, The Cater V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Fiction, Ontario Review, 2007
Winner, The Iowa Review Award in Short Fiction, The Iowa Review, 2006
Honorable Mention, The Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contest, The Atlantic, 2003
Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 2007
Reading, Periodically Speaking, Nov 13, 2007 at The New York Public Library, Sponsored by CLMP (The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses), The New York Public Library, and the New York State Council on the Arts.