Listed in Chronological Order

--"Courtesy Call" wins Second Place in the 2000 Mystery Contest sponsored by New Works Review, an e-zine.

--"Courtesy Call" is sold to Over My Dead Body, a print mystery magazine. Expected publication: mid-2003.

--"Surprise Attack" wins "Honorable Mention" in the 2001 Short Mystery Story Contest sponsored by Orchard Press Mysteries, an e-zine.

--"Bargain" wins "5th Honorable Mention" in the "Unpublished Short Story" category at the 2001 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition.

--An excerpt from my novel-in-progress The Protector wins Third Place in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror category of the 2001 Authorlink New Author Awards Competition.

--An excerpt from The Protector wins First Place (out of 46 entries) in the Frontiers in Writing Best Novel Competition for Unpublished Writers.

--"Waiting for G.P." wins Second Place in the 2001 Halloween Short Story Contest sponsored by Morbid Musings, an e-zine.

--"The Predators" wins Third Place in the Cape Fear Crime Festival Story Contest and is published in the conference chapbook.

--"Courtesy Call" wins Third Place (out of 407 entries) in the 2001 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest.

--"Waiting for G.P." wins First Place in the "Criminal Intent" story contest sponsored by Inscriptions, an e-zine for writers, in November, 2001.

--"Bargain" wins Honorable Mention in the 2001 Short Story Contest sponsored by Orchard Press Mysteries, an e-zine.

--A segment (50 pages plus outline) of my novel-in-progress The Protector wins First Place in the "Novel Proposal" category in the 2001 writing contest sponsored by Green River Writers, Inc.

--"Reunion" wins Honorable Mention in the Elizabeth Daniels Squire Mystery Contest sponsored by the New Leaf Fund, Asheville, North Carolina.

--"Let Us Prey" wins Honorable Mention in the 2001 "Moonlight & Magnolia Fiction Writing Contest" for science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories.

--An excerpt from The Protector is named a Finalist (among 503 entries) in the 2001 Literary Awards Program sponsored by the Santa Fe Writers Project and judged by Jayne Anne Phillips.

--"Bargain" is sold to Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine. Published in the July/August/September, 2002 issue.

--An excerpt from The Protector wins Honorable Mention in the 2002 "Hopeful Novelist Contest" sponsored by Hutton Publications.

--"Again the Burning Times" wins Fifth Place (out of 282 entries) in the 2001 writing contest sponsored by the Sarasota Literary Society and published in the Society's annual anthology, New Century Voices.

--"Again the Burning Times" wins Third Place in the Short Story Division of the 2002 writing contest sponsored by Novel Advice, an e-zine for writers.

--"Bounty" is accepted for inclusion in the anthology Darkness Rising 9, to be published in October, 2003.

--"Again the Burning Times" wins Second Place in the 2002 Original Fiction Contest sponsored by Scifidimensions, an ezine.

--An excerpt from The Protector wins Third Place in the Science Fiction/Horror/Fantasy Novel category of the 2002 contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Writers' Federation.

--An excerpt from The Gehenna Candidate wins 2nd Honorable Mention in the Mystery/
Suspense Novel category of the 2002 contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Writers' Federation.

--"Again the Burning Times" wins 2nd Honorable Mention in the Science Fiction/Horror/
Fantasy Short Story category of the 2002 contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Writers' Federation.

--An excerpt from my novel-in-progress The Gehenna Candidate wins Third Place in the Horror Novel category of the 2002 Authorlink New Author Awards Competition.

--"Me, the Jury?" is accepted for inclusion in the anthology Bullet Points. Publication is expected in 2003.

--"Last Rights" is a finalist (top ten of 147 entries) in the Short Story Category of the 2002 "Frontiers in Writing" contest sponsored by the Panhandle Professional Writers of Texas.

--"Again the Burning Times" is a finalist (top ten of 147 entries) in the Short Story Category of the 2002 "Frontiers in Writing" contest sponsored by the Panhandle Professional Writers of Texas.

--An excerpt from The Gehenna Candidate wins Honorable Mention (i.e., Fourth Place) in the Science Fiction/Fantasy Novel Category of the 2002 "Frontiers in Writing" contest sponsored by the Panhandle Professional Writers of Texas.

--"Reunion" is accepted for inclusion in the anthology Fedora 2: More Private Eyes and Tough Guys, to be published in 2003.

--"Booty" wins Second Place in the "Vile Pun" category of the 2002 Bulwer-Lytton
Fiction Contest.

--"Janus" wins First Place in the 2002 Conversion/CanVention Story Contest and is published in the conference chapbook.

--"Again the Burning Times" wins Second Place in the 2002 Conversion/CanVention Story Contest and is published in the conference chapbook.

--An excerpt from The Protector wins First Place in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel Category of the 2002 SouthWest Writers Contest.

--"Waiting for G.P." wins Third Place in the 2002 Cape Fear Crime Festival Short Story Contest and is published in the conference chapbook.

--"Until I Come Again" wins the Graversen Award (i.e., 1st place) in the 2002 short story contest sponsored by the Garden State Horror Writers.

--My novel The Hades Project is sold to Wampreneur Press, and will be published, under its "Brighid's Fire Books" imprint, in September, 2003.

--"Until I Come Again" wins Honorable Mention in the 2002 Midnight & Magnolia Fiction Writing Contest for science fiction, fantasy and horror stories.

--"Until I Come Again" wins Third Place in the 2002 Horror Story Contest sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Horror Professionals.

--"Blood Moon Rising" is named a Finalist in the 2003 "Slesar's Twist Contest" sponsored by Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine.