The Virginian Pilot
"Hampton Roads poets Bill Ayres and Amanda Gomez will give readings from their new collections in live-streamed events that everyone can attend, for free."

Nimrod International Journal's Literary Award: The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
2019 Semi-finalist for "Autopsy of My Mother"

Academy of American Poets: 2017 Graduate Poetry Prize Winner
2017 Graduate Winner for "Grind"

College Poetry Prize Winners Announced: 2016 Graduate Honorable Mention
"Her chronicle of a mastectomy and its aftermath is like a prism with many facets. Each section of the poem provides a new angle, a new color, a new edge to the complexities of illness and recovery."