Higgypop 2020 Paranormal Entertainment Awards Gold Winner for Best Paranormal Book (This House). |
April 2023
Shortlisted, The Haiku Foundation 2022 Touchstone Awards for Distinguished Books, apparitions
April 2023
Honorable Mention, Free Verse Award, Illinois State Poetry Society 2022 Poetry Contest, "In a Cemetery"
December 2022
Honorable Mention, 2021 Haiku Society of America Gerald Brady Memorial Award for Best Unpublished Senryu, "crushed by guilt"
Autumn 2021
Gold Winner, Best Paranormal Book, Higgypop 2020 Paranormal Entertainment Awards, This House: The True Story of a Girl and a Ghost
November 2020
Highland Park Poetry's 2020 Public Art Poetry Contest (and Chapbook), "Jackson Square at Night, New Orleans"
June 2020
Third Place, Mars Category by Adult Non-Resident, Highland Park Poetry's 2020 Poetry Challenge (and Chapbook), "here among the stars" (pg. 10)
April 2020
Third Place, Mars Category by Adult Non-Resident, Highland Park Poetry's 2020 Poetry Challenge (and Chapbook), "here among the stars" (pg. 10)
April 2020
Honorable Mention, Soka Matsubara International Haiku Competition, "apparitions"
February 2020
Second Place, 2018 Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine World Haiku Contest, "a lizard drops its tail"
February 2019
Honorable Mention, Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2018, "my parents aging"
November 2018
Runner-Up, Haiku Master of the Month, Haiku Masters on NHK World-Japan, "jazz guitar" with photo by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
February 2020
Second Place, 2018 Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine World Haiku Contest, "a lizard drops its tail"
February 2019
Honorable Mention, Autumn Moon Haiku Contest 2018, "my parents aging"
November 2018
Runner-Up, Haiku Master of the Month, Haiku Masters on NHK World-Japan, "jazz guitar" with photo by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
May 2018
Editor's Choice, Haibun, cattails April 2018 Edition, "We Are Made of Star Stuff" (pg. 74 and with editor's commentary pg. 98)
April 2018
Second Place, Monsters Category by Adult Non-Resident, Highland Park Poetry's 2018 Poetry Challenge (and Chapbook), "Him" with photos by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
April 2018
2018 Golden Haiku Competition, "blue planet"
March 2018
Haiku Master of the Week, Week #3, Haiku Masters on NHK World-Japan, "itch" with photo by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
Editor's Choice, Haibun, cattails April 2018 Edition, "We Are Made of Star Stuff" (pg. 74 and with editor's commentary pg. 98)
April 2018
Second Place, Monsters Category by Adult Non-Resident, Highland Park Poetry's 2018 Poetry Challenge (and Chapbook), "Him" with photos by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
April 2018
2018 Golden Haiku Competition, "blue planet"
March 2018
Haiku Master of the Week, Week #3, Haiku Masters on NHK World-Japan, "itch" with photo by Jonathan Montgomery Pollock
May 2017
Third Place, 2016 Haiku Society of America Best Unpublished Haibun Awards, "Anxiety"
Autumn 2016
Shortlisted, The Haiku Foundation 2011 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, "dogwoods"
Third Place, 2016 Haiku Society of America Best Unpublished Haibun Awards, "Anxiety"
Autumn 2016
Shortlisted, The Haiku Foundation 2011 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, "dogwoods"
April 2012
Honorable Mention, 2010 Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine World Haiku Contest, "dusk"
February 2011
Honorable Mention, 2010 Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine World Haiku Contest, "dusk"
February 2011