- Residency at Dorland Mountain Arts, December 2022.
- Nominated for Best Microfiction 2022 by Reckon Review for this story.
- Nominated for Best of the Net 2022 by FlashFlood for this story.
- Second place 2021 Society of Professional Journalist/Hawaii Online News Reporting for this story in National Geographic about Wisdom the Laysan albatross.
- Nominated for Best Microfiction 2021 by FlashFlood for this story.
- Storyknife Fellow, September 2021.
- Honorable mention. Best Shortform Science Writing: July – December 2020. News, Investigative, or Data (601 – 1400 words), for this story.
- Recognized in Notable Travel Writing of 2019 by The Best American Travel Writing, series editor Jason Wilson, guest editor Robert MacFarlane, for this story.
- Runner-up 2017 Society Professional Journalist/Hawaii Best Features Blog for “Tracking Twain.”
- Inaugural Storyknife Fellow, 2016.
- National Tropical Botanical Garden Environmental Journalism Fellow, 2016.
- Winner 2016 Society Professional Journalist/Hawaii Best Features Blog for “Malama Monk Seal Voyage: A Journey into Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument to Save Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals.” Judges’ comment: “These blogs were real page-turners (figuratively, not literally). A fascinating read of Kim Rogers’ adventures chronicling a ship’s quest to save Hawaiian monk seals. An incredible trip interestingly told.”
- The Dinkelspiel Scholarship, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, 2010.
- Eloise Klein Healy Scholarship, Antioch University Los Angeles, 2005.
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