- 1st place, Bay Area Poets Coalition poetry contest, 2001 
- 1st place, Arizona State Poetry Society poetry contest, 2001 
- 2nd place, The Storyteller People's Choice Award, 2002 
- Honorable Mention, Quincy Writers Guild Creative Writing Contest, 2002 
- Honorable Mention, Sky Blue Waters Poetry Contest, 2002 
- Honorable Mention, Green River Writers Writing Contest, 2003 
- 3rd place, Writers' Journal Horror/Ghost Story contest, 2004 
- Honorable Mention, John Wood Community College Creative Writing Contest, 2004 
- Honorable Mention, CNW/FFWA Writing Competition, 2004 
- runner up, Shadows Ink Poetry Contest, 2004 
- Commended poem, Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 2005 
- Commended poem, Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 2005 
- 2nd place, AsininePoetry.com Parody Contest, 2006 
- Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, 2007 
- 2nd place, AsininePoetry.com Erotic Poems Contest, 2007 
- Honorable Mention, Pennsylvania State Poetry Society Contest, 2008 
- Honorable Mention, Archangel Shecky One Great Joke Contest, 2008 
- Rhysling nomination, 2008 
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2008 
- haiku selected for Red Moon Anthology, 2008 
- Honorable Mention, 100 Words or Fewer Writing Contest, 2009 
- Rhysling nomination, 2009 
- haiku selected for Red Moon Anthology, 2009 
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2010 
- Dwarf Stars finalist, 2012 
- 1st place, Fort Worth Haiku Society winter quarterly contest, 2013 
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2014 
- 1st place, Dwarf Stars Award, 2015 
- 1st place, Green River Writers Writing Contest, Children's Prose category, 2017 
- Honorable Mention, Poetry Society of New Hampshire National Contest, 2017 
- Finalist, Hooked on Haiku Annual Contest, 2018 
- Finalist, Better Than Starbucks Haiku Contest, 2018 
- Honorable Mention, Monostitch Haiku Contest, 2018 
- Honorable Mention, Monostitch Haiku Contest, 2018 
- 1st place, Florida State Poets Association Annual Poetry Contest, Haiku category, 2018 
- haiku selected for Red Moon Anthology, 2018