Awards and Honors

Awards:

First Place, Maggie and the Third Grade Blues, 2011 Tennessee Mountain Writers

Honorable Mention, Maggie and the Third Grade Blues, 2010 Writers’ Digest

Honorable Mention, Maggie and the Third Grade Blues, 2010 Alabama Writers Conclave

Finalist, “Cooking up Tradition”, 2010 Harriet A. Rose Legacies Contest

Second Place, “When Sheep Won’t Leap”, 2009 Alabama Writers Conclave

Second Place, “Snatching a Moment with Satch,” 2009 Stories for Children Granny Award

First Place, “Charlie and the Book of Cat,” 2009 Decatur Public Library

Honorable Mention, “Charlie and the Book of Cat,” 2009 Tennessee Mountain Writers

1^st Place, Decatur Public Library, Juvenile Fiction, 2008, “Charlie and the Book of Cat.”

Honorable Mention, Alabama’s Writers Conclave, Juvenile Fiction, 2008, “A Place to Call Home”

Stories for Children magazine Granny Award, 2008, “The Mysteries of Chaco Canyon.”

2^nd Place, Tennessee Mountain Writers, Juvenile Fiction, 2007, “Brooke and the

Ladies of Bath”

Honorable Mention, Women in the Arts, Juvenile Fiction, 2007, “Brooke and the

Ladies of Bath”

Honorable Mention, Writers’ Digest, Juvenile Fiction, 2006, “The Woods, the Mist,

and the Moonbow”

Third Place, Great Blue Beacon, Poetry, 2007, “Making Paper”

Second Place, Great Blue Beacon, 2007, “The Woods, the Mist, and the Moonbow”

Honorable Mention, Alabama Writers’ Conclave, 2006, “Brooke and the Ladies of Bath”

2^nd Place, Tennessee Mountain Writers’, 2006, “The Woods, the Mist, and the Moonbow”

Commendations, 9^th Annual Women in the Arts Contest, Juvenile Fiction, 2004.

Honorable Mention, Friends of the Decatur Public Library Contest, Juvenile Fiction, 2004.

Commendations, Friends of the Decatur Public Library Contest, Juvenile Fiction, 2003.

Honorable Mention, May Day Contest, Juvenile Fiction, 2003.

Honorable Mention, 8^th Great Blue Beacon Poetry Contest, 2002.

Third Honorable Mention, Green River Writer’s Contest, Juvenile Fiction, 2002.

Finalist, The Cup of Comfort, 2001.

Finalist, Adams Media Extraordinary Truths Story Contest, 2001.

2^nd Place, Spring Poetry contest, Simply Words, 2001.

1^st Place, 6^th Great Blue Beacon Poetry Contest, 2001.

Honors:

Nominated for Who’s Who of American Women 2004-2005.

Nominated for Who’s Who of American Teachers 2005-2006.

Nominated for Who’s Who of American Women 2006-2007.