Awards |

2025

Raven Short Story Contest: Pulp Literature
Long-listed—results pending

Fractured Literature Open Flash Contest: With These Wings I Set Thee Free: Short-list: results pending

Chanticleer International Book Awards: Daniel Rosetti Long-list: results pending

94th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition—Genre short story category:
Honourable Mention: The Zenith of her Powers
Non-fiction essay/article: 9th place

Hummingbird Flash Contest: Pulp Literature
Long-listed

Chanticleer International Book Awards: Finalist: Sommerset Literary Fiction:
The Unraveling of Emma Hill

Coverfly Cinematic Short Story Contest: Quarterfinalist
Red zone for The Poison Garden, #9 in horror shorts, top 25% of all discoverable projects on Coverfly

2024

Chanticleer International Book Awards:
Semi-finalist: Romantic Fiction Category for The Unraveling of Emma Hill

Chanticleer International Book Awards: Finalist: Somerset Literary Fiction Category for The Unraveling of Emma Hill

93rd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition—Genre short story category:
9th place for A SONG OF LOVE AND LONGING

Writers of the Future
Honorable Mention Second Quarter 2024

Writers of the Future:
Honorable Mention First Quarter 2024

Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest: Pulp Literature
Honorable Mention + publication
Handling a Difficult Situation With Grace

2023

Raven Short Story Contest: Pulp Literature
Short-listed

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest:
1st place short story category

Writers of the Future
Silver Honorable Mention Second Quarter 2023

92nd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition—Genre short story category:
Honorable Mention for DEATH, A MERE TECHNICALITY

Writers of the Future:
Silver Honorable Mention Second Quarter 2023

Hummingbird Flash Contest: Pulp Literature
Long-listed

Crystal Lake/Shallow Waters Flash Fiction contest: Finalist

Chanticleer International Novel Writing Contest:
First place/short works

2022

Writers of the Future:
Honorable Mention Fourth Quarter 2022: A SHADE OF GRAY -)

Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest:
2nd place for an earlier draft of my current manuscript, THE UNRAVELING OF EMMA HILL

91st Annual Writer’s Digest Competition—Genre short story category:
Honorable Mention for HOME IS WHERE YOUR ROOTS GROW

Writers of the Future:
Honorable Mention Second Quarter 2022: THE TRUTH OF BLACK ANNIS

Writers of the Future:
Silver Honorable Mention First Quarter 2022: HOME IS WHERE YOUR ROOTS GROW

Ink and Insights: was JUST A LITTLE PUSH—now THE UNRAVELING OF EMMA HILL (early draft)
4th place out of 116 entries

Aurora nomination for the anthology Prairie Witch
which includes my short story, Freya’s Blessing

2021

90th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition—Genre short story category:
Honorable Mention for HER CHOICE

Pulp Literature’s Hummingbird Flash Fiction Contest:
Long-listed

Bram Stoker Award nomination for the anthology Not All Monsters—my short story: UNFETTERED, closed out the anthology

2020

Rate My Story: Awesome Openers opening chapters contest:
2nd Place: SERIOUSLY, UNIVERSE? by Leslie Wibberley

First Page Literature’s First Page Contest
Winner for my novelette, THE POISON GARDEN

2019

Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Competition:
First place in the Romance category for my short story, JUST A LITTLE PUSH

Pulp Literature’s Raven Short Story Contest:
Longlisted:

88th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition:
Honorable Mention Print/Online Article category for JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR BOOK’S FIRST PAGE

Chanticleer International Novel Writing Contest
Long-listed for SERIOUSLY, UNIVERSE?

Wis RWA Fab Five Contest
Finalist for an early draft of my speculative woman’s fiction manuscript, NEVER TOO LATE now called The Emancipation of Althea Stone

2018

Pulp Literature’s Raven Short Story Contest
Long-listed

87th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition: Genre short story: Honourable Mention Genre Category for ATTEMPTED MURDER

Creative Ink Festival’s Flash Fiction Contest
Winner: STONECOLD

Pulp Literature’s Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest
Long-listed

2017

86th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition:
-1st place Genre short story Category for A NORTH WIND
-8th place Magazine Feature Article.

Ink and Insights 2017:
SERIOUSLY, UNIVERSE?
-12th place out of 152 entries: Master Category
-15th place out of 152 entries: Apprentice category

Pulp Literature’s Hummingbird Flash Fiction Contest
Long-listed:

Pulp Literature’s Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest
Short-listed

2016

85th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition:
-Honourable Mention Magazine Feature Article Category.