Winner of SWW Southwest Writers National Contest 2009 in two categories:
First Prize for Memoir/Article: The Stillness at the End Of Wanting **
Second Prize for Essay: Reflecting on Dragons and Angels **
Finalist in Creative Nonfiction Press 53 Open Award 2009: The Lilac Bush**
Winner National League of American Pen Women competition 2009:
Third Place category Intercultural Essay: Reflecting on Dragons and Angels.**
and two honorable mentions.
“Entries of Note”: Tiny Lights, Journal of Personal Narrative,
Contest 2009: Essay: War Revisited **
Winner SWW National Contest 2010 in Category Memoir/Book.**
1st prize for second chapter of memoir: “Dancing On One Foot.”
“Unprecedented Honorable Mention” in the Orlando Prize for Short Fiction for the story: April Fool’s Day. Annual Contest of A-Room-Of-Her Own-Foundation.
Honorable Mention in category Intercultural Essay:
National League of American Pen Women, Competition 2010 Essay: Tightrope Across the Abyss.
** These essays are excerpts from my memoir: “Dancing On One Foot.”.
