2010 Official Showcase artist - Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) Conference

2010 Official Showcase artist - Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference

2009 Official Showcase artist - Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference
2009 Fast Pitch Showcase artist - Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference

  Songwriting Competitions:

2011 Songwriter Serenade Songwriting Contest             2nd place

2010 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest          Silver Medal                   

2009 Rose Garden Coffeehouse Performing Songwriter Contest                                                             1st place
2009  Will McLean Folk Festival Songwriting Contest                                                             1st place
2008  Dallas Songwriters Association Contest - Singer/songwriter                                             1st place
2008  North Carolina Songwriters Co-op Contest                                                            3rd place
2007  Woody Guthrie Song Contest                                             honorable mention
2007  Foundersfest Song Contest                                                                finalist
2006  South Florida Folk Festival                                                                 finalist
2005  South Florida Folk Festival                                                                 finalist
2004  Gamble Rogers Folk Festival Song Contest                                                             1st place
2003  Gamble Rogers Folk Festival Song Contest                                                            2nd place
2003  Suwannee Springfest Songwriting Contest                                                             1st place