December 2011
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

November 2011
Hedgebrook, Whidbey Island, WA

October 2011
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

September 2011
La Muse Writers' Retreat, France

August 2011
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, VT

July 2011
Tin House Writers Workshop, Portland, OR

August 2010 - June 2011
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in West Africa