POETRY AWARDS
2023. High Country Writers Book of the Year Award [for a book published in 2022]
2022. High Country Writers Book of the Year Award [for a book published in 2021]
2021. Pushcart Prize Nomination (for Poetry)
ancient he-tortoise
ambles towards the she-shell
chasing extinction
2021. High Country Writers Juanita Tobin Poetry Award
For prolific poetry publication in 2021 - 61 poems/haiku
2021. High Country Writers Wordsmith Award.
For EXEMPLARY WRITING in POETRY. "Execution", "Regret", "Phantom Xoanon", and "Geometry"
2021. High Country Writers Book of the Year Award [for a book published in 2020]
2010. 62nd Annual Philadelphia Writers' Conference Writing Award
Category: Words on the Wall, Poetry. Award; Honorable Mention. "Parallels"
2006. 58th Annual Philadelphia Writers' Conference Writing Award
Category: Poetry I. Award: Honorable Mention. "Jamaican Cradle Song"
2006. 47th Annual Contest National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc.
Category #37: Save Our Earth. Award: 3rd Honorable Mention. "Elegy for Eden"
2006. Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc.
Category #18: Selina Cox Esheleman Light Verse [Rhymed & Metered]. Award: 2nd Citation of Merit. "Dog Walks"
2006. Ohio Poetry Day Association
Category: Just for the Fun of It. Award: Honorable Mention. "Dog Walks"
2006. 75th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
Category: Non-Rhyming Poem. Award: Honorable Mention. "Gender Play"
