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Finalist, Sol Magazine Poet Laureate 2003 Competition, June 2003.

First Place, Sol Magazine "Throes of Love" Poetry Contest, Feb. 2002.

First Prize, Donard Publishing Short Story Competition, May 2003.

First Prize, Eros & Rust Contest, Jan. 2005.

First Prize, Suite101.com Beginning Writers "I Became a Writer When..." Essay Contest, Nov. 2001.

First Prize, Writer Gazette "Pick a Line" flash fiction contest, July 2003.

First Prize, Writer2Writer Contest, June 2004.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Gems of the Roadside: Wildflowers" Poetry Contest, Jul. 2005.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Gravestones in Winter" Poetry Contest, Summer 2005.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "July Shouts" Poetry Contest, Feb. 2004.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Keeping Love Alive" Poetry Contest, Dec. 2001.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Pick a Topic" Poetry Contest, Feb. 2002.  

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Plant & ?" Poetry Contest, Mar. 2003.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Red Roses & Valentines - Not!" Poetry Contest, Feb. 2004.

Honorable Mention, Sol Magazine "Unexpected Gift" Poetry Contest, Autumn 2005.

Honorable Mention, Writers Weekly 24 Hour Short Story Contest, Fall 2004.

Nominee, Sol Magazine Favorite Poem of 2002 Competition, Jan. 2003.

Recipient, Robert Hayes Memorial Scholarship in English (Creative Writing), Saint Mary's University, 1996 and 1997.  

Resident Fellow, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, May-June 2003.

Second Place, Sol Magazine "In Their Own Words" Poetry Contest, Autumn 2005.

Second Place, Sol Magazine "Poet's Choice" Haiku Contest, July 2002.

Second Prize, Joyce Marshall Hsia Memorial Poetry Prize, Saint Mary's University, 1998.

Second Prize, Katy Terrega's Spring (Flash) Fling Contest, May 2004.

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Third Place, Eros & Rust Contest, Aug. 2004.

Third Place, Sol Magazine “Another Diary” Poetry Contest, Nov. 2002.

Third Place, Sol Magazine “The Diary” Poetry Contest, Oct. 2002.

Third Place, Sol Magazine “Out of This World” Poetry Contest, Dec. 2002.

Third Place, Sol Magazine “School Daze” Poetry Contest, Summer 2005.

Top Ten Finalist, Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll 2005 (Poetry Publication and Publication Editor).