Awards

Plays

Confessions of a Catholic Child – workshop production of early version, College of Marin’s Black Box Theatre, 1997; Finalist, Writer’s Network, 1998; Staged Reading, Long Beach Playhouse, 1999; Writer’s Digest Playwriting Competition (5th Place out of field of 9000 scripts,) 1999; French Speaking Rights Optioned, Jean Pierre Avoine, Qc, 1999; Staged Reading Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles, 2000; Finalist, The Proscenium Theatre, 2003; Finalist Film Festival, 2003; Full Production, Virtual Theatre Project, Los Angeles, 2007. Published by International Reader’s Theatre, 1998.

Moon Walkers – Staged Reading, Sonoma Repertory Theatre, 2000; Staged Reading, Do Gooders Productions, New York, 2001; Staged Reading, Actor’s Theatre, Santa Rosa, CA, 2001; Writer’s Digets Playwriting Competition (9th Place out of field of 19,000 scripts); Staged Reading, Virtual Theatre Project, starring James Denton (Desperate Housewives,) Los Angeles, 2007.  semi-finalist O’Neill Playwriting Conference, 2008.

Runaways’ Eyes – short one-act play for handicap actor, Finalist, College of Marin Short Play Festival, 1997. Performed for handicap groups throughout the county.

Journal of a Common Man, one-act play, Best Play and Best Actor, Dominican College Festival of Short Plays, 2003.

Squawk! A Comic Opera for Caberat – produced as dinner theatre, critically acclaimed.

Chalk Lines, a full-length play, semi-finalist O’Neill Playwriting Conference, 2019.

Screenplays

Lessons from the Gypsy Camp – adaptation novel. Third Place, PNWA, 2004; Finalist, Script Spectacular, 2004; Finalist, Austin International Film Festival/Script, 2005; Finalist, Writer’s Network, 2005; First Prize, Nevada State Film commission Screenplay Competition, 2006; Finalist, Page Awards, 2007; optioned by Lane Management, 2007; Sunvale Screenplay Competition, Quarter Finalist, 2023; Page Awards, Quarter Finalist, 2023; LA International Screenplay, Quarter Finalist, 2024; Santa Barbara Diverse Writers, Semi-Finalist, 2024, Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Competition, Finalist, 2024; Wiki Screenplay Competition, Finalist, 2024; Santa Barbara International Screenplay Competition, Finalist, 2024; Sacramento Screenplay Competition, Semi-Finalist, 2024.

Moon Walkers (the film) – Semi-Finalist, Acclaim Screenwriting Competition, 2007; Acclaim, Semi-Finalist, 2007; Quarter Fade In:, Quarter Finalist, 2007; Write Movies, Semi-Finalist, 2008; Page Awards, Quarter Finalist, 2008; Story Pros, Quarter Finalist, 2008; Writer’s Place, Finalist, 2008; Moondance, Semi-Finalist, 2008; Santa Barbara Intonational, Quarter Finalist, 2023

Orgasms and Other Lies – Finalist, Acclaim Entertainment, 2003; Semi-Finalist, Writer’s Network, 2003; Semi-Finalist, Moondance International Screenwriting Competition, 2006; Finalist, Script Spectacular, 2007; Nevada State Film Commission Screenplay Competition, 2007; Finalist, Blue Cat Screenwriting Competition, 2010.

Screening Device – optioned by OK Productions, Los Angeles, 1999; Finalist, Script Spectacular, 2009.

Trusted Friends  – Page Awards, Second Round, 2012; Bankable Scripts, First Round, 2012; CWA, Preliminary Finalist, 2012; Moondance, Semi-Finalist, 2012, Big Bear International Screenwriting Competition, 2012; Semi-Finalist, Script Spectacular, 2012.

It Ain’t Over Yet, LA Women’s Festival, Quarter Finalist, 2023.

Sweet Punch (a short) We Screenplay, Quarter Finalist, 2023.

Short Stories

Swimming Toward the Butterscotch Man, Storied Crossings, Scribes Hill, 2002.

Tiger Rose, 100 Finalists, Writer’s Digest Mainstream/Literary Short Story competition, 2003; published by Scribes Valley Publishing, 2005.

Fragile Decisions, Washington Blues, 2003.

Warnings from the Bathtub, Snake Nation,  2004.

Lost Language, Finalist, Writer’s Digest Mainstream/Literary Short Story Competition; Finalist, Ann Arbor Book Festival.

Falling Backward, First Place, Semi Valley Short Story Competition, 2005; National American Pen Women, 2005.

Stain, Finalist, Edelstein Fiction Prize, 2006; Quarter-Finalist, Fade In and Writer’s Network, 2006; published by Binnicle.

The Sentry, Third Place, Southwest Literary Competition, 2005; Third Place, Moondance Short Story category, 2006; published, North Atlantic Review, 2007.

Turnings, Screne4 e-zine, September, 2012.

Short Films

Easy Made Hard, official selection to over 20 film festivals: Gold Remi, Houston WorldFest, 2009.

Warnings from the Bathtub, official selection to 6 film festivals, Gold Remi, Houston WorldFest, 2011.