I write a lot of different things, from haiku to horror. Almost every writer I've read has influenced me in some way, but I'd have to say my biggest influences come from Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk, Hunter S. Thompson, and Dave Barry. With a little Ogden Nash and Jack Kerouac thrown in for good measure.                  

- 1st place, Bay Area Poets Coalition poetry contest, 2001
- 1st place, Arizona State Poetry Society poetry contest, 2001
- 2nd place, The Storyteller People's Choice Award, 2002
- Honorable Mention, Quincy Writers Guild Creative Writing Contest, 2002
- Honorable Mention, Sky Blue Waters Poetry Contest, 2002
- Honorable Mention, Green River Writers Writing Contest, 2003
- 3rd place, Writers' Journal Horror/Ghost Story contest, 2004
- Honorable Mention, John Wood Community College Creative Writing Contest, 2004
- Honorable Mention, CNW/FFWA Writing Competition, 2004
- runner up, Shadows Ink Poetry Contest, 2004
- 2 Commended poems, Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 2005
- 2nd place, AsininePoetry.com Parody Contest, 2006
- Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, 2007
- 2nd place, AsininePoetry.com Erotic Poems Contest, 2007
- Honorable Mention, Pennsylvania State Poetry Society Contest, 2008
- Honorable Mention, Archangel Shecky One Great Joke Contest, 2008
- Rhysling nomination, 2008
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2008
- haiku selected for The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2008
- Honorable Mention, 100 Words or Fewer Writing Contest, 2009
- Rhysling nomination, 2009
- haiku selected for The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2009
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2010
- Dwarf Stars finalist, 2012
- 1st place, Fort Worth Haiku Society winter quarterly contest, 2013
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2014
- 1st place, Dwarf Stars Award, 2015
- 1st place, Green River Writers Writing Contest, Children's Prose category, 2017
- Honorable Mention, Poetry Society of New Hampshire National Contest, 2017
- Finalist, Hooked on Haiku Annual Contest, 2018
- Finalist, Better Than Starbucks Haiku Contest, 2018
- 2 Honorable Mentions, Monostitch Haiku Contest, 2018
- 1st place, Florida State Poets Association Annual Poetry Contest, Haiku category, 2018
- haiku selected for The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2018
- Honorable Mention, IHS International Haiku Competition 2018
- 1st place, Illinois State Poetry Society Contest, Modern Haiku Award category, 2019
- 2 Commended poems, United Haiku and Tanka Society "AHA" Haiku/Senryu Contest, 2020
- Staff Pick, NH Lakes Blue Mind Haiku Contest, 2020
- Dwarf Stars nomination, 2020
- Highly Commended, Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest, 2020
- 2nd place, Illinois State Poetry Society Contest, Modern Haiku Award category, 2020
- haiku selected for The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2020
- Runner-up, Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition, 2021
- 1st prize, The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, March 2021
- Honorable Mention, Hexapod Haiku Contest, 2021
- Honorable Mention, HSA Senryu Award, 2021
- 2nd prize, The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, December 2021
- Honorable Mention, A Little Iris Haiku Contest, 2021
- Honorable Mention, British Haiku Society Awards, 2021
- Shihan Jerry Barbar Prize, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, February 2022
- Honorable Mention, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, April 2022
- 3rd place, Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards Contest, 2022
- Honorable Mention, Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Awards Contest, 2022
- Winner - Richard Lewis Contest, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, June 2022
- Honorable Mention, Hexapod Haiku Contest, 2022
- Honorable Mention, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, August 2022
- Honorable Mention, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, October 2022
- Honorable Mention, The Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai, October 2022
- Honorable Mention, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, December 2022
- haiku selected for The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2022
- Winner - Stephen Hawking Contest, Ouachita Life Haiku Lines Contest, Apr 2023
- 3 Dwarf Stars nominations, 2023