LITERARY AWARDS

Literary Awards and Nominations:

1.        Spillwords Press Author of the Month nominee for June 2021
2.        Spillwords Press Author of the Year nominee for 2021
3.        Spillwords Press Publication of the Month nominee, July 2022, for Locust Hill, Chapter 3
4.        Spillwords Press Author of the Month nominee for August 2022
5.        “Eros and Order” quarterfinalist in Screen Craft Short Story to Screenplay Competition, January 2023 (finished 28th out of 832 entrants.)
6.        Spillwords Press Prose Publication of the Year for 2022  for Locust Hill, Chapter 1
7.        Spillwords Press Contributor of the Year for 2023
8.        Literary Titan Gold Book Award, July 2023, for Trios: Death, Deceit, and Politics
9.        Literary Global Best Political Thriller of 2023 for Trios: Death, Deceit, and Politics
10.        Literary Titan Silver Book Award, November 2023 for Shantyboat: American Dystopia
11.       Literary Global Finalist for Mixed Genre, Shantyboat: American Dystopia
12.        Independent Author Award, Best Political Thriller of 2024, Trios: Death, Deceit, and Politics
13.        Literary Global Finalist for Literary Fiction, 2024, Town and Country: Voices from the Mid-Ohio Valley
14.        Penmasters Global Short Story Collection of the Year, 2025, Town and Country.