• Omni Center for Peace, Justice and Equality - Winner, 2006 PeaceWriting Award (The Perfect Endgame)
• Bloomington Playwrights Project - Finalist, Reva Shiner Full Length Play Contest (The Perfect Endgame)
• LoveCreek Productions One Act Play Competition, 1998 (And Mama do You Love Me?)
• Wichita State University Full Length Play Competition, 1995 (Learning to Love)
• Princeton University Short Play Competition, 1994 (And Mama do You Love Me?)

Fiction:

• Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest, 1994 (The Return of Papa)
• Villa Montalvo Short Story Contest, 1994
• Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest, 1993