Awards

Literary Awards

In 2023 I was one of ten winners of the Tulsa Curbside Haiku contest. My haiku was displayed all over downtown Tulsa, archived at the Woody Guthrie Center, and I attended the celebration at the Woody Guthrie Center. Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce, who was raised in Tulsa, was also one of the winners.

Proclamations

• On October 10, 2017 I was proclaimed Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California by the Vallejo Mayor and City Council.
• On October 6, 2018 at the Gathering of California’s Poets Laureate I received a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate for Public Service as Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California.
• On October 6, 2018 at the Gathering of California’s Poets Laureate I received a Certificate of Recognition from the California Arts Council for participation in the gathering and contribution to local California communities through the art of poetry.
• On January 28, 2020 I received my outgoing proclamation for service as Vallejo’s Poet Laureate from the Vallejo Mayor and City Council.
• On March 14, 2023 I was among fellow women writers honored for Women’s History Month by the Vallejo City Council.

County Fair Awards

Solano County Fair

• “To Get Free”, Best of Show rosette and First Place in Unpublished Poetry, 2015
•  “Generation Awake!”, Second Place in Published Poetry, 2015
• “Master of Peace”, Reserve Best of Show rosette and First Place in Published Poetry, 2016
• “Generations,” Reserve Best of Show rosette and First Place in Published Poetry, 2017
• “Is” 3rd Place in Published Poetry, 2019
• ”Road Trip” 1st Place in Poetry, 2021
• ”Ingredients” 2nd Place in Poetry, 2021
• ”Awe Births Hope” 3rd Place in Poetry, 2021
• ”Forming Temples in the Sky” Honorable Mention, 2021
• ”Columbia River Gorgeous,” Reserve Best in Show and Second Place in Unpublished Poetry, 2022

San Mateo County Fair

• “The Choice,” First Place in Adult Free Form Poetry, 2018

Marin County Fair

• ”Howie” – 4th place, 2021
• ”Starlight” – Honorable Mention, 2021
• ”Oh, Possum!” – Honorable Mention, 2021
• “The Flight of a Lifetime” – Honorable Mention, Virtual Poetry Contest, 2020
• “Bovine in Orbit” – 1st and Best in Class in Moonscapes Haiku, 2019
• “Moonlight Song” – 1st in Moonscapes Haiku, 2019
• “Moonscapes” – 2nd in Moonscapes Poetry, 2019
• “Laugh With Me” – 3rd in Haiku, 2019
• “Berlin, 2001” – 3rd in World Travel, Creative Writing, 2019
• “Orion” – 5th in Any Other Poetry, 2019
• “The Journey to Sunland” – 5th in Any Other Poetry, 2019
• “Heidi” – 5th in My Pet, Creative Writing, 2019
• “Stars” – Honorable Mention in The Universe Poetry, 2019
• “Wandering Stars” – Honorable Mention in The Universe Poetry, 2019
• “7 Words You Cannot Say in a ‘Free’ Country,” Best in Class and First Place in World Unity, Equality, & Diversity, 2018
• “The Sixties”, First Place in Flashback to the 60’s Poetry, 2017
• “Lift Off!”, First Place in Fair Themed Poetry, 2017
• “Generations”, Second Place in Any other Poetry, 2017
• “Street Mouse”, Second Place in Any other Haiku, 2017
• “Cabinet Construction”, Second Place in Presidential Politics, 2017
• “Sally”, Third Place in My Pet, 2017
• “Fine China”, Third Place in Any other Poetry, 2017
• “Fair”, 2nd place in Fair Themed Poetry, 2016
• “Marin Is…”, 3rd place in Marvelous Marin, 2016
• “From Unity to Community”, 3rd place in Any Other Poetry, 2016
• “Headline Antidote”, 5th place in Any Other Poetry, 2016

Alameda County Fair

• “Forest Whisperings” 1st Place in Explore California State Parks, 2019
• “The Woodpecker’s Beat” Honorable Mention, Poetry, 2019
•  “Expectations of a Future”, Silver Award rosette, Poetry, 2017

Film and television

PEGASYS Video Fest

• Best Editor, 2002
  Producer of the Year, 2003 and 2004
• 2nd place in Entertainment for Grey: The Rock & Pop Sessions:
  Part 3, 2002
• 1st Place in Education for Grey: The Interviews, 2003
• 2nd Place in Education for Access Central TV presents the Bare Bones
  International Film Festival, 2003
• 1st Place in Performing Arts for Tea & Sprockets, 2003
• 1st Place in Sports for Liquid Wind, 2004

Bare Bones International Film Festival

• Best Student Music Video for Grey: The Music Videos, 2003
• Best Movie Trailer for Liquid Wind, 2004
• Music Documentary Honorable Mention for Acoustic Grey, 2008

Babelgum Music Video Awards

• Semi-Finalist, fire Zuave, “Colors of the Sun,” 2009