2008
- Just Between Us (syndicated column since 2007)
The Highlands-Crosby Star Courier and The Northeast News
2007
- “Love Story”
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
www.fiftybeans.com
- Phi Beta Kappa award ($500)
Meeting of the Minds
Carnegie Mellon University
for a presentation on my first (in-progress) novel The Good Daughters
2006
- 3rd Place Fiction ($50)
Adamson Awards
Carnegie Mellon University
for “The Escape”
2005 - 2006
- Big Straw
Carnegie Mellon University
published works: “Ama,” “Wo Ai Ni,” and an untitled prose piece
2003
- Karen C. Pinson Portfolio Award ($1,000)
Scholastic Writing Competition (Regional Level)
portfolio included the personal essay “Ama,” several poems, and 2 short stories