BOOK, SCRIPT, and SHORT STORY AWARDS
By year:
2025 Second-Place Winner: BookFest Book Awards, Literary Fiction: Olive Envy
2025 Third-Place Winner: BookFest Book Awards, Mystery: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2025 Quarterfinalist: Table Read My Script: Sex Talk Radio
2025 Finalist: Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Contest: Dervla Alarms the Nanas (Supernatural Category)
2025 Quarterfinalist: Table Read My Script: Cannes: Venetian Love Tricks
2024 First-Place: Arizona Mystery Writers Short Story Contest: "Two Ways to Tuesday"
2024 Quarterfinalist: Page Turner Mash Up Awards: Like Cats and Dogs
2024 Finalist: Global Book Awards: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2024 Finalist: American Fiction Awards: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2024 Quarter-Finalist: Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: TableRead My Screenplay
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: Chanticleer's Somerset Book Award for Literary
and Contemporary Fiction
Carillon Chase
2024 Finalist: Chanticleer's Mystery & Mayhem Award
(Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Category)
Party Wine
2023 Silver Medalist: Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Contest
(Mystery Fiction)
Brotherly Love
2023 Semi-Finalist: Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Smart Coffee
2023 Quarter-Finalist: Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition
Smart Coffee
2023 Quarter-Finalist: Filmmatic-Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Smart Coffee
2023 Honorable Mention: Arizona Mystery Writers Content
"Bad Advice"
2023 Long List: Somerset Book Award for Literary and Contemporary Fiction
Carillon Chase
2023 Finalist: Global Book Awards
Party Wine
2023 Quarterfinalist: Big Break Screenwriting Content
That's How It Is (sitcom)
2023 Finalist: Silver Falchion (Sofi Francese as Best Investigator)
Party Wine
2022 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Carillon Chase - First Place Fiction
Brotherly Love - Third Place Fiction
2022 Winner: Arizona Mystery Writers Contest
"Free Fall" - Third place - short story
2021 Quarterfinalist: Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2021 Quarterfinalist: Showcase Scriptation
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2021 Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2020 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Third Place Fiction
2020 Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region
Substitute Soloist - Third Place Fiction
2019 Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography/Arizona
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - First Place
2019 Readers' Favorite
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Five Stars, Honorable Mention
2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats -- Best Cover Design, Fiction
By book:
Olive Envy
Second-Place Winner, BookFest Book Awards, Literary Fiction
Dervla Alarms the Nanas -
Third Place Winner, BookFest Book Awards, Mystery
Finalist, Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
Finalist, Global Book Awards
Finalist, American Book Awards
Party Wine - Finalist, Silver Falchion, Best Investigator
Finalist, Global Book Awards
Finalist Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Award
Carillon Chase - First Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Semi-Finalist: Somerset Book Award
Brotherly Love - Silver Medalist: Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards
Mystery Fiction
Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Readers' Favorite Five Stars, Honorable Mention
The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats - Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Best Cover Design - Fiction
By script:
Sex Talk Radio: Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Script
Like Cats and Dogs: Quarterfinalist, Page Turner Mash-Up Awards
Picklers Semi-Finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition; Semi-Finalist: Tableread My Screenplay; Quarter-Finalist: Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
Smart Coffee: Semi-Finalist: Cinequest Screenplay Competition; Quarter-Finalist: Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition; Quarter-finalist: Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Venetian Love Tricks: Quarter-Finalist: Scriptapaooza, Atlanta Screenplay, Showcase Scriptation, Quarter-Finalist: Table Read My Script: Cannes
By short story:
"Two Ways to Tuesday," First Place, Arizona Mystery Writers Contest
By year:
2025 Second-Place Winner: BookFest Book Awards, Literary Fiction: Olive Envy
2025 Third-Place Winner: BookFest Book Awards, Mystery: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2025 Quarterfinalist: Table Read My Script: Sex Talk Radio
2025 Finalist: Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Contest: Dervla Alarms the Nanas (Supernatural Category)
2025 Quarterfinalist: Table Read My Script: Cannes: Venetian Love Tricks
2024 First-Place: Arizona Mystery Writers Short Story Contest: "Two Ways to Tuesday"
2024 Quarterfinalist: Page Turner Mash Up Awards: Like Cats and Dogs
2024 Finalist: Global Book Awards: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2024 Finalist: American Fiction Awards: Dervla Alarms the Nanas
2024 Quarter-Finalist: Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: TableRead My Screenplay
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition
TV Pilot: Picklers
2024 Semi-Finalist: Chanticleer's Somerset Book Award for Literary
and Contemporary Fiction
Carillon Chase
2024 Finalist: Chanticleer's Mystery & Mayhem Award
(Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Category)
Party Wine
2023 Silver Medalist: Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Contest
(Mystery Fiction)
Brotherly Love
2023 Semi-Finalist: Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Smart Coffee
2023 Quarter-Finalist: Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition
Smart Coffee
2023 Quarter-Finalist: Filmmatic-Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Smart Coffee
2023 Honorable Mention: Arizona Mystery Writers Content
"Bad Advice"
2023 Long List: Somerset Book Award for Literary and Contemporary Fiction
Carillon Chase
2023 Finalist: Global Book Awards
Party Wine
2023 Quarterfinalist: Big Break Screenwriting Content
That's How It Is (sitcom)
2023 Finalist: Silver Falchion (Sofi Francese as Best Investigator)
Party Wine
2022 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Carillon Chase - First Place Fiction
Brotherly Love - Third Place Fiction
2022 Winner: Arizona Mystery Writers Contest
"Free Fall" - Third place - short story
2021 Quarterfinalist: Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2021 Quarterfinalist: Showcase Scriptation
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2021 Quarterfinalist: Scriptapalooza
Venetian Love Tricks (screenplay)
2020 Winner: Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Third Place Fiction
2020 Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region
Substitute Soloist - Third Place Fiction
2019 Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography/Arizona
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - First Place
2019 Readers' Favorite
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Five Stars, Honorable Mention
2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats -- Best Cover Design, Fiction
By book:
Olive Envy
Second-Place Winner, BookFest Book Awards, Literary Fiction
Dervla Alarms the Nanas -
Third Place Winner, BookFest Book Awards, Mystery
Finalist, Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
Finalist, Global Book Awards
Finalist, American Book Awards
Party Wine - Finalist, Silver Falchion, Best Investigator
Finalist, Global Book Awards
Finalist Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Award
Carillon Chase - First Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Semi-Finalist: Somerset Book Award
Brotherly Love - Silver Medalist: Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards
Mystery Fiction
Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Third Place - Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
Substitute Soloist - Silver IPPY Winner of the West/Mountain Region
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Arizona/New Mexico Book Awards - Biography
Secrets of a Mariachi Violinist - Readers' Favorite Five Stars, Honorable Mention
The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats - Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Best Cover Design - Fiction
By script:
Sex Talk Radio: Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Script
Like Cats and Dogs: Quarterfinalist, Page Turner Mash-Up Awards
Picklers Semi-Finalist: Emerging Screenwriters Comedy Competition; Semi-Finalist: Tableread My Screenplay; Quarter-Finalist: Scriptation Showcase Script Competition
Smart Coffee: Semi-Finalist: Cinequest Screenplay Competition; Quarter-Finalist: Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Competition; Quarter-finalist: Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6
Venetian Love Tricks: Quarter-Finalist: Scriptapaooza, Atlanta Screenplay, Showcase Scriptation, Quarter-Finalist: Table Read My Script: Cannes
By short story:
"Two Ways to Tuesday," First Place, Arizona Mystery Writers Contest