2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
2006 Caine Prize for African Literature, shortlist
2005 PEN International David TK Wong Prize, 1st Prize
2005 Independent Publishers Book Award, finalist
2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, commended
2004 Mississippi Arts Commission Grant
2004 BBC African Performance, 2nd Prize
2004 storySouth's Million Writers Award, finalist
2003 Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award, finalist
2003 Red Hen Press Short Story Award, 1st prize
2003 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, commended
2002 BBC Meridian Short Story Competition, finalist
2002 Fish International Short Story Prize, shortlist
2002 Zoetrope Short Fiction Contest, 3rd Prize
2002 BBC African Performance, 2nd Prize
2002 Macmillan Writers Prize For Africa, shortlist