Em is a commended Foyle Young Poet in 2017 and a top 15 winner in 2018, 2019 and 2020. She is also commended in the Timothy Corsellis Poetry Prize 2018 on Young Poets Network; commended in the meme challenge, written and judged by poet Rishi Dastidar, with a poem she wrote jointly with Elizabeth Thatcher; and commended in the Carol Ann Duffy challenge, judged by Mari Hughes-Edwards, and celebrating Duffy’s legacy as Poet Laureate.