Awards and Contests

Below is a list of writing contests and awards I’ve received. (Yeah, I know—showoff! I have to put these here because my pancake recipes have never won nuttin’ at the County Fair.)

• First Place (co-winner), “Win a Year in the Freelance Writing Den” contest, 2012
• Finalist, “50-word Monologue” contest, Gotham Writer’s Workshop, 2012
• Winner, MediaBistro LitFest admission “Tweet Your Best Sentence” contest, 2012
• Honorary Mention, 100 Words or Fewer Writing Contest, 2012
• Bronze (3rd Place), Solas Best Travel Writing of 2011, Travel and Shopping category
• 1st Place (co-winner), Wrangling with Writing Conference Scholarship, 2010
• 1st Place (adult category), National Steinbeck Center “What’s Your Story” contest, 2010
• 2nd Place, Writer’s Market “Freelance Success Stories” contest, 2009
• Silver (2nd Place), Solas Best Travel Writing of 2009, Travel and Transformation category
• Silver (2nd Place), Solas Best Travel Writing of 2008, Travel and Sports category
• 1st Place, Lunch Hour Stories’ 2007 Short Story Contest
• 4th Place, 74th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition, Inspirational Writing category, 2005
• 1st Place, Bluelines Essay Contest, 2005
• Finalist, International Short Story Competition (KT Publishing), 2003
• Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest 2001 Personal Essay Contest
• Finalist, Spring 2000 Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
• Third Place, Chiaroscuro Short Story Contest, 2000
• 1st Place, National Steinbeck Center’s Short Story Contest, 1999