awards
“The Visitor”
The Best American Mystery Stories 2026, Otto Penzler, Series Editor
Originally published in Starlite Pulp Review, Issue 6
Starlite Pulp. May 5, 2025
Genre: Crime
Purchase: Starlite-Pulp-Review
“Mistakes”
The Best American Mystery Stories 2013, Otto Penzler, Series Editor: Honorable Mention
Originally published in Staten Island Noir
Akashic Press. November 6, 2012
Genre: Crime
Purchase: Staten-Island-Noir-Akashic
“The Cost of Doing Business”
2008 Derringer Award For Short Mystery
Blood, Guts, & Whiskey Anthology
Kensington Press, 2009
Originally Published in Thuglit Magazine, Issue 24
Genre: Crime
Read: Thuglit Issue 24
“The Corn Bear”
SF Writers of the Earth Contest. 2000
Second Place
Genre: Horror
More Information: SFWOE
“Masquerade”
Orchard Press Mysteries
Orchard Press Holdings Limited. 2001
Honorable Mention 2001 Short-Short Contest
Genre: Mystery
Read Here: Orchard Press Mysteries
LR Hubbard’s Writer of the Future
Fiction Category
Quarter-Finalist: 2011, 2012, 2013
“The Final Fling”
Final Draft Screenwriting Contest
Quarterfinalist
“The Phone Call”
PAGE International Screenwriting Contest
Quarterfinalist
“The Phone Call”
Acclaim Film Screenwriting Contest
Quarterfinalist