OZARKS WRITERS LEAGUE November 2011
First Place
"The Hypnotist," for Paranormal Short Story.First Honorable Mention Broken Dolls , for Unpublished Book.Third Honorable Mention "My Green Acres," for the Dan Saults Personal Essay.
OZARKS WRITERS LEAGUE November 2011
First Place
"The Hypnotist," for Paranormal Short Story.First Honorable Mention Broken Dolls , for Unpublished Book.Third Honorable Mention "My Green Acres," for the Dan Saults Personal Essay.
OZARK CREATIVE WRITERS CONFERENCE October 2011
First Place
"My Green Acres," for the Search For Excellence Award. Second Place "Sayonara," for the Japanese Poetry Award.Second Place "The Butterfly's Song," for the Showcase AwardSecond Place "Abigail's Child," for the Jim Richardson Memorial AwardSecond Honorable Mention "The Hypnotist," for the Mighty Mo Award
OKLAHOMA WRITERS' FEDERATION, INC. CONFERENCE May 2011
Second Place Broken Dolls won 2nd Place in the category of Historical Novel.Second Honorable Mention "My Green Acres" won 2nd HM in the category of Prose Humor.
MISSOURI WRITERS' GUILD CONFERENCE April 2011
First Place
"My Green Acres" won 1st Place in the Best Humorous Article or Essay category.First Place "Poverty and Nimiety" won 1st Place in the Best Travel Article or Essay category.Third Place "The Red Kimono" won 3rd Place in the Southeast Missouri Writers's Guild Short Story contest.Third Honorable Mention "The Second Airplane" won 3rd HM in the Historic/Nostalgic Article category.
OZARKS WRITERS LEAGUE November 2010
Second Place "Poverty and Nimiety" won 2nd Place for the Non-Fiction Award.Third Place "The Red Kimono" won 3rd Place for the Short Story Award.Second Honorable Mention "Belly Flop" won 2nd Honorable Mention for the Flash Fiction Award.
OZARK CREATIVE WRITERS CONFERENCE October 2010
Third Place Broken Dolls won Third Place for the High Hill Press Award, for the next New York Times bestseller.Second Honorable Mention Third Honorable Mention
OKLAHOMA WRITERS' FEDERATION, INC. CONFERENCE May 2010
First Place
"Chicken and Dumpling" won 1st Place in the Juvenile Short Story category.Third Honorable Mention "Waiting for My Boy" won 3rd Honorable Mention in the Poetry, Unrhymed Long category.Third Honorable Mention "The Meanest Mother in the World" won 3rd Honorable Mention in the Inspriational Prose category.Fourth Honorable Mention "Poverty and Nimiety" won 4th Honorable Mention in the Essay category.
OZARKS WRITERS' LEAGUE February 2010
First Place
ARKANSAS WRITERS' CONFERENCE June 2009
Second Place
"Number 756" won second place in the W.H. Holland contest for a story about sports.First Place "Broken Dolls" won first place in the Tricia Johnson-McDuffie contest for first three chapters of a novel.Second Place "Initiation" won second place in Del Garrett's "Gimme the Creeps" contest, for a horror story under 250 words.First Place "Sacrifice Rock" won first place in the Hot Springs Village Writers' Club contest for a short story.
OKLAHOMA WRITERS' FEDERATION, INC. CONFERENCE May 2009
Fourth Honorable Mention
"Glory, Lost and Found" won 4th Honorable Mention in the Prose Humor category for a humorous short story.
OZARK CREATIVE WRITERS' CONFERENCE October 2008
2nd Honorable Mention
"The Day We Lost Cherry for Good" -- The Storyteller Magazine Historical Fiction Award
ARKANSAS WRITERS' CONFERENCEJune 2008
"Morning Glories" won First Place in the White County Creative Writers Award category.Third Place "The Hypnotist" won Third Place in the Drew County Writers Award category.Third Place "Last Tango in Paris (Arkansas)" won Third Place in the Dorothy Truex Award category.1st Honorable Mention "As the Wheels Turn" won 1st Honorable Mention in the Hot Springs Village Writers' Award category.
OKLAHOMA WRITERS' FEDERATION INC. CONFERENCE May 3, 2008
Second Place
"Four Little Words" won second place in the Young Adult Short Story: Fiction contest. Click here to read. 1st Honorable Mention "Private Lives" won 1st Honorable Mention in the Essay contest.
ARKANSAS CREATIVE WRITERS' CONFERENCE June 2007
First Place
"Planet Condor" won 1st Place, Erdel Family Memorial Award, for a short story about a humorous family event.
WHITE COUNTY CREATIVE WRITERS' CONFERENCE September 2007
First Place
"Message In A Bottle" won first place in the Seeing Double category for a short story with an alternate ending.
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OZARK CREATIVE WRITERS' CONFERENCE October 2007
First Place
"Marler Mischief" won 1st Place, Hightower Award, for a humorous story about family life. (2500 words)First Place "Whispers From Grandma's Chair" won 1st Place, The Caudle Memorial Award, for a humorous incident in family life. (1200 words)Third Place "Waking Up At Grandma's House" won 3rd Place, Saturday Writers Creative Non-Fiction Award, for a creative non-fiction piece. (1000 words)Second Honorable Mention "Jefferson and Delilah" won 2nd Honorable Mention, The Storyteller Magazine Historical Award, for a short story about the rich history of the Ozarks. (3000 words)
