2017 Winner, Best Young Adult Novel, Preditors & Editors Readers' Choice Award (My Mom, MS, and a Sixth-Grade Mess)
2016 Winner, Best Anthology, Preditors & Editors Readers' Choice Award (Tricks & Treats)
2016 Pushcart Prize nominee (for Ordinary Boy)
2015 eFestival of Words runner up for Best Anthology: Wicked Seasons (Editor)
Featured Author on the 2014 Connecticut Authors Trail
2011 Hiram Award Winner