Awards & Recognitions
Writing Awards
2024:
- Claymore Awards, Winner, Investigator category, novel “Scent of Sunday”
- Claymore Awards, Finalist, Investigator category, novel “Scent of Sunday”
- Claymore Awards, Finalist, Supernatural category, novel “Season of the Sixth”
- Claymore Awards, Semi finalist, Commercial/ Mainstream category, novel “Cain’s Mark”
- Claymore Awards, Semi finalist, Investigator category, novel “Scent of Sunday”
- Claymore Awards, Semi finalist, Supernatural category, novel “Season of the Sixth”
- Al Blanchard Award, short story "Raised," top 10 finalist
- Al Blanchard Award, short story "Hidden," top 5 finalist
Co-authored with Kate Bergquist:
- Reel Women Screenwriting Contest, 2007, winner, script: “Root Cellar”
- Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards, 2007, finalist, “Root Cellar”
- Key West IndieFest 2005, winner, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Nantucket Film Festival 2004, second place, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Hollywood Symposium 2002, finalist, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Austin Film Festival, 2002, top 10%, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Screamfest, 2002, finalist, top 5 scripts, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Open Door, 2002, finalist, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
- Script Magazine, 2002, finalist, Dimension, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”·
- Writer’s Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition, 2002, semifinalist, screenplay, “No Forcible Entry”
Publications
Published first novel, Sons of Dust, in March of 2014 through KDP. Sons of Dust reached number 1 on Amazon in June of that year, and has reached number 1 status 14 times since its publication.
Partial list published short fiction:
Freelancer
SPSM& H
Amelia Magazine
Rosebud
Zulu’s Petals
Locus Magazine
Thunder Fiction
Spicy Green
Galatea
Marketing and Communications Awards
2014 winner, ABA Marketing Network Advertising Award
American Bankers AssociationDiversity: “How to be Fearless in Business”Recognizing the growth of woman-owned businesses in our market area, NMSB launched a Women in Business Luncheon Series, designed to support professional women.
2006 winner, Galaxy Award
Vernon CompanyOutstanding Marketing Campaign, “Here’s the Scoop”
2005 winner, ABA Marketing Network Advertising Award “Best of the Best”
American Bankers AssociationMultimedia campaign
“Read the Green”
2004 winner, ABA Marketing Network Advertising Award “Best of the Best”
American Bankers AssociationDirect Mail campaign “Cold Shoulder”
2002 winner, APEX Grand AwardAwards for Publication Excellence
2002 Ad Campaign, Patricia Thorpe, Copywriter