[4] In 2001, Merritt received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and a fellowship from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
From 2003 to 2005, Merritt served as the Margaret Banister Writer-in-Residence at Sweet Briar College.
Constance Merritt, and wife Maria Accardi, started a nonprofit serving people experiencing food insecurity, Bringing Justice Home.
Founded in 2020, BJH delivers groceries and household supplies to people who are medically vulnerable and experiencing food insecurity.
Their goals include creating just relationships, fighting food insecurity, and providing resources to those in need of them.