• 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

    • 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

A metallic award medal with the text "Readers' Favorite Five Stars," five stars, and a person holding a book.
Gold and brown circular badge with the New York City skyline silhouette, featuring the Empire State Building, and text that reads 'BIG NYC BOOK AWARD 2022 WINNER'.
A pink and purple award badge for The BookFest, featuring a silhouette of a woman reading, surrounded by laurel branches and five stars, with the text "The BookFest Award Winner".
Circular badge for the 2022 ROAR Awards, featuring a gold lion head at the top, a gold radio tower with three stars below, and a colorful background divided into pink, purple, and blue sections, with text indicating finalist status.

The distinctions my writing and I have received

Gold medal or award emblem reading 'Hawthorne Prize 2023 Short List' with a flying eagle and open book at the center, surrounded by stars and laurel branches.
Literary Titan Book Award seal with four stars and laurel leaves.
Gold circular award badge with laurel leaves around the edge, featuring the text "The BookFest Award Winner" and a silhouette of a person reading a book, with five stars at the bottom.
A grayscale award badge featuring the Empire State Building in the center with text reading "NYC Big Book Award 2022" and the words "Distinguised Favorite" around the border.
Medal with an illustration of a man in historical military attire at the center, surrounded by the text 'The Montaigne Medal The EMG Hotter Book Award'. A black banner at the bottom reads '2024 Finalist'.
Gold circular badge with black laurel wreath border, text reading 'American Fiction Awards Finalist' and 'AmericanBookFest.com' in the center.
Gold and black Literary Titan Book Award badge with five gold stars and laurel wreath.
A medal or badge with a globe at its center, surrounded by laurel branches, and the words 'Global Book Award' at the top. The bottom features a ribbon with the word 'Award' and stars.
Gold seal with text 'Feathered Quill Book Awards' and 'Finalist' in the center, featuring a feather quill and ink bottle illustration.