Awards and Recognition

Journalism

● Florida Press Association 2011 Better Weekly Contest: Arts, entertainment and review reporting
             – Third place, "Serkis’ performance dominates Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

● Florida Press Association 2010 Better Weekly Contest: Criticism
             – Second place, "Watch out for pea soup, the devil's back on the big screen," review of The Last Exorcism

● Florida Press Association 2009 Better Weekly Contest: Criticism
             – Third place, “State of Play tackles corruption”

● Florida Press Association 2007 Better Weekly Contest: Criticism
             – First place, “Unconventional Casa Blue surveys artist’s surreal life”

● Florida Press Association 2005 Better Weekly Contest: Criticism
            – Second place, “Narnia lives up to its potential”

● Florida Press Association 2005 Better Weekly Contest: Special Section
             – Third place, Consumer How to Guide

Fiction and Poetry

● Best Horror of the Year 2010
              – Honorable Mention for the short story “Wild with Hunger” in Dead History

● Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008
              – Honorable Mention for the short story “Passage to Oblivion” in High Seas Cthulhu

● Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2003
             – Honorable Mention for the poem “Her Horrible Silence” in Wicked Hollow, Issue 4, 2002

● Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 1999
             – Honorable Mention for the short story “The Assassination of Emil Butha” in Mindmares, Issue 2, 1998

Scholastic

● University of South Florida Charles F. Brooks Award for Technical Writing, 2001

● Outstanding Staff Member Award, St. Petersburg College, 1988

● Editor, Obelisk literary magazine, St. Petersburg College, 1987 – 1988