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; LA International, Quarter Finalist

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.