2026 Semi-Finalist for the fiction category (as a novel excerpt) for my adult speculative murder mystery novel Nearly Dead Already (formerly known as Watch Your Back) – announced in 2025
My YA short story, “Take the Jump,” was longlisted for Voyage YA Journal‘s Anthology Contest (2022)
Pushcart Prize Nomination of my short story “Destiny Says” – published by Analogies & Allegories Literary Magazine (2021)
Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key Award for Short Fiction (2016)
Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award for Poetry (2016)
Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award for Photography (2016)
Kelly Esparza 