Awards and Recognition

2019

  • First Place: Humor Columns, National Presswomen’s Association Communications Contest — “Who’s So Vain” and “The Thin Line Between Slow and Lazy.”
  • First Place: Humor Columns, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest — “Who’s So Vain” and “The Thin Line Between Slow and Lazy.”

2018

  • Semi-Finalist: Saints and Sinners Short Story Contest: “A Small Tale of Blackmail.”

2017

  • Best Gay Short Stories 2017, Lethe Press: “Cooking Lard and Candle Wax.”
  • First Place:  Humor Columns, National Presswomen’s Association Communications Contest — “Spit and Tell” and “Lawn Lush.”
  • First Place: Humor Columns, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest — “Spit and Tell” and “Lawn Lush.”
  • First Place: General Columns, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest —  “Rose Colored Glasses” and “What Could Go Wrong?”
  • First Place: Short Story Collection by Single Author, Delaware Communications Contest — “Fun with Dick and James.”
  • Second Place: Short Stories – Single Story, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest — “Cooking Lard and Candle Wax.”
  • Semi-Finalist: Saints and Sinners Short Story Contest — “Cheap Gin.”

2016

  • Finalist: Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest – “The Most Unusual Sweet Potato Competition”

2015

  • First Place: Humor Column, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest – “Angel the Snake Girl” and “Losing My Drag Cherry”

2014

  • Finalist: Brevity Blog’s Holiday Smile Flash Fiction Essay Contest — “I’ll Have my Fruitcake and Eat it Too”
  • Finalist: Saints and Sinners Short Fiction Contest – “Stinkbug”

2013

  • Second Place: Nonfiction (Adult) Book, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest – “The Discreet Charms of a Bourgeois Beach Town”

2012

  • First Place: Short Story, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest – “Crimes Against Nature”
  • First Place: Special Interest Blog, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest: http://www.thegocup.com

2011

  • First Place: Writer/Photographer, Delaware Press Association Communications Contest: “A Storm Named Earl”