Writing Contest and Competition Awards:
- Finalist, Single Poem, Top-3, Colorado Authors League annual contest, 2024
- First Place, Short Story, Colorado Authors League contest, 2023
- First Place, Playwriting category, Denver Woman’s Press Club, 2023
- Winner, Best Personal Essay, Colorado Authors League annual contest, 2022
- Shortlist Finalist, Best Non-Fiction Book, Colorado Authors League, 2022
- Shortlist Prize Winner, Essay, Medium.com Writers Challenge, 2021
- Shortlist Finalist, Non-Fiction Book, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2021
- Shortlist finalist, Poetry, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2020
- Finalist, Hippocampus Magazine, CNF annual contest, Nov, 2020
- Finalist, Hedgebrook Writers Competition, 2018
- Shortlist finalist, Poetry, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2018
- Shortlist finalist, Essay, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2018
- Shortlist Finalist, Novella, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2017
- Shortlist Finalist, Essay, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2017
- First Place, Non-Fiction, Writers’ Workshop contest, Asheville, NC, 2016
- Shortlist Finalist, Essay, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2016
- Shortlist Finalist, Short Story, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2016
- Finalist, Novel-in-Progress, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2016
- Finalist, Non-Fiction, New Millennium Writings, Issue 41
- 2nd Place, Dreamquest Poetry Contest, 2016
- 2nd Place, Travel, Denver Woman’s Press Club In-house Contest, 2015
- Finalist, Fiction, Raven Short Story Contest, 2015
- Winner, Faulkner-Wisdom Poetry Gold Medal, 2015
- Finalist, Novel-in-Progress and Essay, Faulkner/Wisdom Writing Competition, 2015
- First Place, Creative Non-Fiction, ACC Writer’s Studio contest, 2015
- Honorable Mention, Memoir, Writers Workshop, Asheville, N.C, 2015
- Honorable Mention, Creative Non-Fiction, New Millenniums #38 & #39, 2015
- Honorable Mention, Fiction, Writer’s Workshop, Asheville, 2015
- Finalist, Short Story, Stories on Stage with Lighthouse, 2014
- Semi-Finalist, Short Story, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2014
- Shortlist Finalist, Essay, Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition, 2014
- Finalist, Essay, Social Publishing Network contest, 2014
- Shortlist Finalist, Flash Fiction Contest, Fish Anthologies, 2014
- 3rd place & Honorable Mention, Humor: Humorpress.com 2014
- Longlist Finalist, Memoir, Lightship Writer’s Competition, Hull, England, 2013
- Finalist, Poetry, Faulkner/Wisdom Writing Competition, 2014
- Finalist, Alice Maxine Bowie Fellowship, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 2014
- 2nd Place, Fiction monologue: Writer’s Workshop, Asheville, NC, 2013
- First runner-up, Essay: Faulkner – Wisdom Competition, 2013
- First runner-up, Poetry: Faulkner – Wisdom Competition, 2013
- Juried Master Workshop Selection, Lighthouse Literary Festival, 2013, 2023 Andre Dubus III; 2014, Robin Hemley; 2015 & 2017 Steve Almond; 2015 Emily Rapp Black; Alexandre O. Phillipe, Screenwriting, 2018
- Finalist, Fiction: On the Premise, 2013
- Finalist, Non-Fiction: ACC Writer’s Studio, 2013
- Finalist, Fiction: ACC Writer’s Studio, 2013
- Semi-Finalist, Short Story: Faulkner – Wisdom Competition, 2012
- Finalist, Memoir: Faulkner – Wisdom Competition, 2012
- First Runner-Up: Novella, Faulkner – Wisdom Competition, 2012
- Finalist, Non-fiction: Denver Woman’s Press Club Unknown Writers,2011
- 3rd place, Fiction: Denver Woman’s Press Club Unknown Writers, 2011