Awards

2006

National Performance Network Creation Fund award (Link)
City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program Award
Zellerbach Family Foundation Award
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Award
East Bay Community Foundation Award

2005

Zellerbach Family Foundation Award
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Award

2004

APAture Emerging Asian Artists Expo, Literary Featured Artist

2001

Lambda Literary Festival National Slam Champion
Roerich Poetry Prize, Semi-finalist
Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, 2001 Poetry Prize Honorable Mention
Emily Dickinson Award Semi-finalist

2000

Santa Cruz Poetry Slam Champion
Western Regional Slam Championship Individual Highest Score
Serpent Source Foundation For Women Artists Grant
Voices Of Our Nations Arts Foundation Poetry Award

1999

Outwrite Poetry Award, New York Lesbian and Gay Center