2008 Mesa Refuge Fellowship 

2008 Ellis Henerson Outdoor Writing Award: Second Place, Honorable Mention

2008 Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, 2008 Contests in Nonfiction: Finalist

2008 Santa Fe Writers Project Annual Literary Awards:  Finalist

2007 Ellis Henderson Outdoor Writing Award: Second Place HM 

2007 XJ Kennedy Award For Creative Nonfiction by Rosebud: Runner up

2006 Florida Review annual essay contest: First runner up

2006 Flint Hills Review annual essay contest :First Runner Up

2006 Literal Latte' annual essay contest: Second Place

2003  Annual  essay writing award WRRA: First Place  


 
Articles/essays published in The Florida Review, Rosebud, Earth Island Journal, Sport Literate, The Flint Hills Review, Grit,  Inkpot, Home Cooking, Cappers, Big Apple Parent, Wisconsin Academy Review, Western New York Family, The Christian Reader, Home Cooking, Generations, MetroParent, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Shepherds Express Metro, Washington Families, Inscriptions, Blue Moon, The New Colonialist, and many more.