• Can You Be won Gold by The BookFest Awards for Women's Fiction

  • Lonely Dove won Gold by The BookFest Awards for Literary Fiction: Love Story & Romance

  • Lonely Dove won Bronze for World Literature at The Global Book Awards

  • Embody won Gold The BookFest Awards for Poetry

  • Embody won Gold for Visual Poetry Collection at the MMH Press Awards

  • Embody won Silver by Literary Titan

  • Embrace won Gold at NYC Big Book Award for Gift Book

  • Embrace won Gold by Literary Titan

  • Embolden won Silver by Literary Titan

Awards & Recognitions

    • Finalist, ROAR Awards, 2022, Category: Making Waves

    • Silver, Literary Titan, December 2021

    • First Place, Gold, The BookFest, Spring 2022, Category: Poetry

    • Finalist, Feathered Quill Awards, 2022, Category: Poetry

    • Gold, MMH Press Awards, 2022, Category: Visual Poetry Collection

    • Finalist, American Fiction Awards, 2022, Category: General Poetry

    • Five Stars, Reader’s Favorite Review

    • Silver, Distinguished Favorite, NYC Big Book Award, 2022, Category: Poetry-Reflections

    • Gold, NYC Big Book Award, 2022, Category: Gift Book

    • Third Place, The BookFest Award, Fall 2022, Category: Poetry - Contemporary

    • Five Stars, Reader’s Favorite Review

    • Gold, Literary Titan, March 2023

    • Silver, Literary Titan, January 2023

    • Five Stars, Reader’s Favorite Review

    • First Place, Gold, The BookFest, Spring 2024, Category: Literary Fiction-Love Story & Romance

    • Bronze Winner, The Global Book Awards, 2022, Category: World Literature

    • Finalist, American Fiction Awards, 2022, Category: Multicultural Fiction

    • Finalist, Feathered Quill Awards, 2023, Category: Women’s Fiction

    • Five Stars, Reader’s Favorite Review

    • Short List, Hawthorne Prize, 2023, Category: Year’s Best Fiction

    • First Place, Gold, The BookFest, Spring 2024, Category: Women’s Fiction

    • Five Stars, Reader’s Favorite Review

    • Silver, Literary Titan, December 2023

    • Finalist, The Montaigne Medal for thought-provoking books, 2024

The distinctions my writing and I have received

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