2023

Second Place Prize – Bellarmine Goes Gonzo Writing Contest

2023 Dublin Poetry Walk – Viewless Wings

2022

Pushcart Prize nomination – Sequoyah Cherokee River Journal

2020

Yasou! Poetry Contest – Runner-up (Revelations in the Marrow)

Best of the Net nomination – Gnashing Teeth Publishing (Ham & Havarti)

2019

Gli Amici di Guido Gozzano Contest – God, Love, Truth, and Light

2017

2017 Award for Excellence – Setu Magazine

GUIDO GOZZANO Contest (finalist) – Transcending Definitions

2016

2016 Poet of the Year – Contemporary Poets Facebook Group

Pushcart Prize nomination – CTU Publishing (Detoxification)

Pushcart Prize nomination – Spirit Fire Review (Expansive Salvation)

Pushcart Prize nomination – Transcendent Zero Press (Sacrificial Pawns)

Agliè IL MELETO DI GUIDO GOZZANO AWARD (finalist) – Yawning Stars

Nibstears Poetry Contest (1st place) – Kingdom of Chaos

Cultured Vultures Poem of the Week (2nd) – That Man on the Street

2015

Best of the Net nomination – The Mind[less] Muse (Poetic Points)

Cultured Vultures Poem of the Week (1st) – Maple Syrup Sex Appeal

Yellow Chair Review Ekphrastic Poetry Contest (1st) – Pry into the Blood

Cultured Vultures Poem of the Week (3rd) – Epiphanic Bliss

Cultured Vultures Poem of the Week (1st) – Ain’t That Sweet