Writing Awards and Recognition

10/2009- Poets Roundtable of AR National Poetry Day
- 1st Place Poem: “Strength of Seedlings”

10/2009- Ozark Creative Writers (OCW) Conference
- Honorable Mention Poem: “Plant a Flower”

06/2009- Arkansas Writers Conference
- 3rd Place Poem: “Whippoorwill in a Walmart Parking Lot”

10/2008- Poets Roundtable of AR National Poetry Day
- 3rd Place Poem: “Whippoorwill in a Walmart Parking Lot”

10/2008- Ozark Creative Writers (OCW) Conference
- Honorable Mention Short Story: “Fictional Lies”

06/2008- Arkansas Writers Conference
- 1st Place- Long Narrative Poem: “Rainy Afternoon”

04/2008- Writers Digest Poetic Asides Poem A Day (PAD) Challenge
- Certificate of Completion: (wrote a poem a day in April based on their prompts)
- 3 poems highlighted on the Poetry Asides Blog:
o Day 8: The Little Deer
o Day 14: How My Cat Behaves
o Day 21: Did something crawl into you too

10/2007- Poets Roundtable of AR National Poetry Day
- 1st Place Poem: “Forgiven”
- Honorable Mention- Poem: “A Memorial of Inspiration”
- Honorable Mention- Poem: “For the Money or the Love”

10/2007- Ozark Creative Writers Conference (OCW)
- 1st Place Children's Story: "Journey to Catch the Sun"

06/2007- Arkansas Writers Conference
- 1st Place Short Story: “The Photographer”
- Honorable Mention Short Story: “The Coming of Age Ceremony”

05/2004- Two articles published in the Maumelle Monitor

04/1999- Arkansas Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) Convention
- Excellent (2nd Place) Column: “The Great Scholarship Hunt”
- Excellent (2nd Place) Newspaper Special Section: “College News”
- Excellent (2nd Place) Literary Magazine Long Poem: “The Attraction of Simple Charms”
- Honorable Mention (3rd Place) Newspaper Review: “MHS Drama Captivates Audience”
- Honorable Mention (3rd Place) Literary Magazine Short Poem: “Unseen Encouragement”
- Honorable Mention (3rd Place) Literary Magazine Short Poem: “Growing Up”
- Honorable Mention (3rd Place) Literary Magazine Thematic Development: “Myths Retold”
- 3rd Place On-Site Literary Magazine Short Story: untitled

01/1999- Westark College Media Day II
- Honorable Mention- Column Writing: “The Search for Information”
- Honorable Mention- Page Layout/Design

10/1998- Poets Roundtable of Northwest Arkansas- Quarterly Contest
- 2nd Place Poem: “The Coat”
- 2nd Place Poem: “The Attraction of Simple Charms”
- Honorable Mention- Poem: “The Sacrifice for Preservation”
- Honorable Mention- Haiku: “The Picture”

05/1998- Arkansas Press Women’s High School Communications Contest
-1st Place Review: “MHS educators on the rampage”

04/1998- Arkansas Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) Convention
- Excellent (2nd Place) Newspaper Review: “MHS educators on the rampage”
- Honorable Mention (3rd Place) News Story: “Drug Dog Comes to Mountainburg”
- 2nd Place- On-Site Literary Magazine Short Story: untitled