• Second Place (Novels category), Southern Breeze/SCBWI 2007 Writing Competition judged by Arianne Lewin, Hyperion
• First Place, Sandhills Writers Conference (Augusta State University) 2006
• First Place, children's fiction category, Writer's Digest 73rd Annual Writing Competition
• Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest 73rd Annual Writing Competition
• First Place, Sandhills Writer's Conference (Augusta State University) 2004
• First Place, Sandhills Writer's Conference (Augusta State University) 2003
• Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest 72nd Annual Writing Competition
• Honorable Mention, Writer's Digest 2003 Best Author Web site