Awards & Honors

• In the Eye of the Beholder has won:
  • American Legacy Award for Short Story Fiction
  • Awesome Indies Book Award
• “Singapura” received nominations for:
  • Best American Short Stories 2023 Edition
  • Pushcart Prize XLVIII: Best of the Small Presses
• “The Brothers Evanger” – 2022 Harambee Literary Prize: First Runner-up (website apparently defunct)
• “Visions of Women in Long Dresses“ – 2023 Backchannels Fiction Prize: Third Place
• Santa Abella and Other Stories – B.R.A.G Medallion Honoree (2020) from the Book Readers Appreciation Group
• Writer of the Month – (May 2021) Selected as “Writer of the Month” by Elizabeth M. Castillo. Ms. Castillo is a writer, poet, and artist based in Paris.

Contest Results

• Shades of Lavender: Semifinalist – Tulip Tree Publishing’s 2025 Stories That Need to be Told Contest
• A Gift in the Night: Longlisted – Furious Fiction December 2024 Showcase
• The Devil’s Confession: Semifinalist – Tulip Tree’s 2024 Humor Contest 
• By Any Other Name:
  • Semifinalist – Tulip Tree Publishing’s 2024 Stories That Need to be Told Contest
  • Quarterfinalist – Screencraft’s 2024 Cinematic Short Story Contest
• The Dirt Eater: Longlisted – Fractured Lit’s 2023 Legends, Myths, & Allegories Prize
• Heartbreak Woman:  Quarterfinalist – Screencraft’s 2022 Cinematic Short Story Contest
• An Elegy for Esmeralda: Quarterfinalist – Screencraft’s 2022 Cinematic Short Story Contest
• With a Whimper:  Semifinalist – Tuplip Tree Publishing’s 2021 Stories That Need to be Told Contest
• Santa Abella and Other Stories:  4.3 (out of 5) rating – 2020 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Ebook Contest
• The Revivalists:  Quarterfinalist – Screencraft’s 2019 Cinematic Short Story Contest
• Starstruck:  Quarterfinalist – Screencraft’s 2019 Cinematic Short Story Contest