First
Place, Florida Literary Arts on Page & Stage Short Fiction Contest
Finalist,
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress
Grant, 2003
Comparative
Literature Fellowship for Language Study, UCSB 2002-2003
First
Place, The 2002-2003 Fantastical Visions Contest
Second
Place, 2002-2003 El Dorado Writers' Guild Writing Contest
Finalist,
9th Annual Tiny Lights Essay Contest, 2003
Third
Place, Moonlight & Magnolia Fiction Writing Contest, 2002
Graduate
Fees Fellowship, UCSB 2002-2003
Comparative
Literature Department Travel Funds, UCSB 2001-2002
Small
Department Regents Fellowship, UCSB 2001-2002
AWP
Intro. Journals Award for Creative Nonfiction 1998
Ed
Moses Grant for Creative Writing, USC 1998
Finalist,
First Annual Nickelodeon Script-a-thon 1996
New
College Foundation Grant for Research and Travel, December 1996
First
Place, Florida Honors Council Competition in Creative Writing 1995
New
College Foundation Scholarship and Tuition Waiver, 1994-1996
New
College Out-of-State Tuition Waiver, 1993-1994
Honorable
Mention, Bayboro Fiction Contest 1994
Member
of Phi Theta Kappa, Harrisburg Area Community College, 1991-1992