- Top Ten in Memoir Contest, AARP/Huffington Post, 2014
- Grand Prize, Ground Fresh Thursday Anniversary Contest, 2017
- First Place, “On Courage, Tortoise and Finch, 2017
- First Place, Women on Writing, April 2021
- Top Ten in CNF, Tucson Literary Festival, 2021
- Honorable Mention, Hektoen International, 2021
- First Place, Dreamers, 2021
- Runner Up, Women on Writing, April, 2022
- Top Three, Unlimited Literature, 2022