Baltimore Literary Contest (Sept. 1995)
“Two Hands to Clap,” Fiction (3rd);
“What’s in a name,” Non-fiction (2nd);
“My Father’s daughter, Poetry (3rd)
Baltimore Literary Contest (Sept. 1996)
“Under the Gul-Mohur Tree,” Fiction (1st)
“Marble Sandcastles,” Non-fiction (1st)
Lite Circle Literary Contest(1996)
“Under the Gul-Mohur Tree,” Fiction (3rd)
Maryland Artscape Short Story Award (1997)
“Where Monsoons Cry” – David Bradley Judge
Lite Circle Literary Contest (1997)
“Lilacs” (honorable mention)
Lite Circle Literary Contest(1998)
“Lady in white,” Fiction (1st)
Baltimore Literary Contest(1998)
“Waiting for my Mother,” Nonfiction (2nd)
Dorothy Daniels Award, National League of American Pen Women (1998)
“Family Reunion” (1st; Non-fiction)
Random House Book Fair (1999)
“Touch the Moon,” (1st, Serious Short Fiction Category)
Baltimore Literary Contest, (1999)
“Deep Wells,” Fiction (2nd) – Stephen Viccio Judge
Dorothy Daniels Writing Award,
National League of American Pen Women (1998)
“Night Owl,” (Honorable Mention in Fiction)
The Best of Artscape, Literary Arts Awards,(2001)
“Sun-fish,” (Short Fiction included in Anthology)
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artists Award (2002) Fiction
City Paper, (2006) "Night Owl," Fiction (1st)