- 2024 Clarion Workshop
- 2023 Writers of The Future Science Fiction and Fantasy Award
- 2022 The New Yorker Published Cartoon Caption
- 2021 Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room Fellow
- 2021 Howard Reiter Senior Award for Graduate Study- Awarded by the UConn Department of Political Science
- 2021 Fulbright ETA Alternate
- 2020 – ’21 Babbidge Scholar (Consecutive 4.0’s)
- 2020 UConn Office of Undergraduate Research Award for Grammatical and Stylistic Workshops
- 2018 – ’21 New England Scholar
- 2017 Louis Armstrong Jazz Excellence Award
April 2024 Los Angeles: Amir accepts Writers of the Future Award.