BOOK and SCRIPT AWARDS

By year:

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
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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


By book:

Dervla Alarms the Nanas -
                     Finalist, Global Book Awards
                     Finalist, American Book Awards
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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 - IPPY Award for Best Cover 

By 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