Fort Bend Theatre Play Competition winner and Audience Favorite, 2007

Scriptwriters/Houston Ten By Ten, Runner-Up 2003-2007

ABC Picture Book Competition Runner-Up, 2004, No Pig's Brain Soup, Please!

Writers Digest Competition, 1994, best article

Texas-wide Writer Competition, 1994 best children's book

Golden Triangle Awards, 1990, 1992 best nonfiction adult book, best screenplay

Guilded Quill Awards, 1988-1993, best children's books, best adult nonfiction book, best screenplay, best articles, best poems