Nomination for Premio Lettarario Camaiore (Italy)
African Guest Writer Fellowship, Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden
Indian American Women Empowered – National Award for Arts and Creativity
Ford Foundation Award
East Bay Community Foundation Grant
National Performance Network Creation Fund Award
City of Oakland Individual Artist Grant
Zellerbach Foundation Grant
Lambda Literary Festival National Slam Champion
Serpent Source Foundation For Women Artists Grant
Voices Of Our Nations Arts Foundation Poetry Award
Outwrite Poetry Award, New York Lesbian and Gay Center
Residencies at University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Merced; Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden