• 2013 Kresge Literary Fellow: Mic Write was one of 18 artists awarded a $25,000 fellowship to work on his craft for the year and develop the next phase of his writing trajectory.
• 2015 Knight Arts Challenge Award Winner: Awarded to Mic Write for his poetry and live band hybrid show detailing gentrification and erasure in his hometown of Detroit through the lens of “Robocop”
• 2015 Callaloo Fellow: Mic Write was invited to the prestigious summer writing workshop at Brown University with other up-and-coming writers of color.
• 2016 Alain Locke Award recipient: Awarded to one national artist & one Detroit artist annually for creators who best embody Alain Locke’s legacy.
• Two-Time Rustbelt Poetry Slam Champion