Fiction:
"Dr. Jackman's Lens," Honorable Mention, Datlow, Link, & Grant's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2005.
"The Way Back" won fourth place, Whispering Spirits 2005 Flash Fiction Contest.
"Audition" won third place, 2005 InnermoonLit Award for Best Short-Short Story.
"Aliens Enter the Conversation," Honorable Mention, Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction 2004.
"The Cycle of Predator and Prey," Honorable Mention, Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction 2004.
"The Day the Census Giver Came" won first place, Short Short Story, CONduit15 fiction contest, 2005.
"Abandoned America" won first place, 21st Annual Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest, 2005.
"Crunch of Bone," Honorable Mention, Title Contest, AlienSkin magazine, July 2004
"Midnight at the Ichnologist's Ball," Honorable Mention, Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction 2003.
"Tell It Again," First Place (tie), Annual Ultra-Short Contest sponsored by UMM’s The Binnacle, 2004.
"The Day the Troll Overslept," Third Place, Conduit XIV Short Short Story Contest, 2004.
"Where Did You Go?" Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Firebrand Fiction Short Story Contest, 2003.
"Dead Man With a Stick," Honorable Mention, SpecFicWorld's Speculative Fiction Contest, 2003.
"A Friend is Another Self," First Place, DistantWorlds Short Story Contest, 2003.
"Unicorn's Revenge" selected for inclusion in penumbric's best of year one, 2003.
"Nanojacked," First Place, deathlings.com’s Technology Run Amok Short Story Contest, 2002.
"Nanojacked" Third Place, The Best of Soft Science Fiction award, 2002.
"Chi Kung," Honorable Mention, First Annual Firebrand Fiction Short Fiction Contest, 2002.
“Welcome to Mystery Hill,” Honorable Mention, ReadingWriters Haunted House story contest, 2002.
"Contact," Second Place, RedRidingHood.com Flash Fiction Contest, 2002.
“The Beetle and the Butterfly” Honorable Mention, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine’s Short Short Story contest, 1999.
Poetry:
"Why I Pray at Potholes," Honorable Mention, Datlow, Link, & Grant's Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007.
"Frost for Other Planets," First Place, Bay Area Writers League, Princess of Mars Poetry Contest, 2005.
"Relativity and Reason," Second Place, Bay Area Writers League, Princess of Mars Poetry Contest, 2005.
"War is for the Hard of Hearing," Second place, Strange Horizons' Readers Choice Award, (Poetry) 2005.
"Prayer Causes Stars" was nominated for the 2006 Rhysling Award (short poem category).
"Prayer Causes Stars" won Third Place, Dwarf Stars contest, 2006.
"Thoracic Park," Honorable Mention, 1st Annual Scorched Earth Writing Contest, 2005.
"The Nanogardens of Detroit," Honorable Mention, 1st Annual Scorched Earth Writing Contest, 2005.
Haiku, Honorable Mention (English), The Ninth Mainichi Haiku Contest, 2005.
"Sometimes," Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror edited by Grant, Link, and Datlow (2005).
"No Ruined Lunar City" won the 2005 Rhysling Award (short poem category).
"The Other Sleeping Beauties" was nominated for the 2005 Rhysling Award (long poem category).
"Why UFOs Don’t Stop," Third Place , MISFITS 2005 Poetry competition.
"Relativity and Reason," Honorable Mention, Balticon 39 Poetry Contest. 2005.
"Rubbings," Third Place, Balticon 38 Poetry Contest , 2004.