Awards

·      2005 Spring Short Story Contest Winner by Gotham Writers’ Workshop with agent Daniel Lazar from Writer’s House

·      2007 First Honorable Mention in Annual CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the Children’s Division for poem

·      2008 Best of the Net nomination from anderbo literary journal for poetry

·      2009 Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest's Robert Lee Brewer Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge

·      June 2010 Literary Arts Winner for Poetry in the MFA Whidbey Student Community at Northwest Institute

·      2013 Franklin Christoph Writing Award for Poetry