Honors & Awards

Poetry

2026

Semifinalist — Button Poetry First Book Contest
Full-length poetry manuscript (The Year of Diagnoses)

Honorable Mention — Jean Williams Poetry of Disability, Disease, and Healing Award
“Marriage Equality” · North Carolina Poetry Society

Third Place — Raleigh Poetry Slam
July 2026


2025

Longlisted — C&R Press Summer Tide Pool Chapbook Awards
2025 (Journey to Forgive Ourselves)

Mirror selfie of poet Kaycee Painter smiling while holding a small prize envelope labeled "Slam Winner" with a handwritten amount of $20. The envelope is held in the foreground, while Kaycee stands in the reflection wearing denim overalls over a rainbow-striped shirt and glasses, holding a phone to take the photo.