In 2012, she was one of six emerging American women writers to win the Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award and was named Amazon Writer in Residence at Shared Worlds in 2016. Her short story collection, The Wilds, was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2014 by Kirkus, BuzzFeed, Electric Literature, and Book Riot. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and Oprah Magazine. Elliott was also a recipient of the Denise Shaw Excellence in Scholarship Award for Palmetto College Campuses.