2025:
- Spring sabbatical from Punahou School
- Jack Hazard fellowship
- SJWP Literary Awards (short-listed)
2023:
- Lynn Levinson Enrichment Fund grant recipient in support of “Becoming Apparent: Speculative Nonfiction on Parenthood” (manuscript)
- Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction award from the National Society of High School Scholars
2020:
- Disquiet Literary Contest (long list)
- The Writer magazine’s Essay Contest (finalist)
- Blue Earth Review’s Flash Creative Nonfiction Prize (runner up)
2019:
- StoryQuarterly’s Fourth Annual Nonfiction Prize (first runner-up)
- 2040 Books James Alan McPherson Award (finalist)
- Autumn House Nonfiction Contest (finalist)
- C&R Book’s Awards for CNF/Memoir (short list)
2017: 2017-2018 COG Page to Screen Award (winner)
2014: J. Watumull Scholarship for the Study of India
2014: John Young Scholarship in the Arts
2013–2014: Jagdish P. Sharma Memorial Scholarship
2010: Myrle Clark Award for Creative Writing
2004: New York University Founder’s Day Award
ANJOLI ROY 