Sempervirens, A Novel, First Place, Historical Category, San Francisco Area Romance Writers of America 2009 Heart to Heart Contest

"Out of the Woods",  Estelle Frank Fellowship for Fiction Writing, First Place, Short Fiction, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, July 2008

Old Inn at Punta de Sangre, A Novel, "Special Honorable Mention" for writing excellence, Jack London Writers Conference (California Writers Club), March 2007

Sempervirens, A Novel, First Place, Novel Category, Jack London Writers Conference (California Writers Club), March 2007

"Radical Swell", Short Story Contest Winner, STANFORD Magazine, March/April 2000

"Hurricane Surf", Short Story Contest Winner, Palo Alto Weekly, December 96