Awards
September 2009 “Attachments” 2nd Place ($1,000) 17th Tom Howard/John H. Reid
Essay/Short Story Contest on Winning Writers
February/March 2009 “Cake Anyone?” Honorable Mention
America's Funniest Humor (TM) Writing Contest! Sponsored by HumorPress.com
4/42009 “In Development” Honorable Mention
Kansas City Writers Group Best Short Story or Essay (sponsored by Whispering Prairie
Press) hosted on behalf of the Missouri Writers Guild Conference
4/4/2009 “My Beloved” 2nd place
St. Louis Writers Guild Nonfiction Short Story hosted on behalf of the Missouri Writers
Guild Conference
2008 “Prep Time” Honorable Mention
The National League of American Pen Women award for humor essay in the 2008 Soul-
Making Literary Competition.
Contest-winning essays
7/27/2009