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”