| 2015 | • Finalist: Heavy Feather Review 4.2 Fiction Chapbook Contest, Manhattan, Kansas, USA • Shortlist: 3-Day Novel Contest, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 2011 | • Teach@Tübingen Scholarship: Tübingen, Germany • Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship: University of Denver, Colorado, USA |
| 2008 | • First Place: University of Denver Writing Program “Urban Nature” Writing Contest, Colorado, USA |
Shawn Huelle, PhD 