2010 - A Gulag Mouse was a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award.

2010 - A Gulag Mouse, a full length drama in two acts, wins Seattle's Off-Broadway Competition.

2009 - A Gulag Mouse wins the JOINING SWORD WITH PEN competition and Margeret Martin Award.

2009 - My short screenplay EIGHT BALL makes TOP TEN FINALIST in the Pavaline Short Screenplay Competition.

2009 - Audience Favorite Award for the short play THE FINE PRINT in the Los Angeles New Plays Festival and Competition.

2008 - The AOPW Fellowship Award for my play PAST CURFEW.

2006 - The Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy Awards) for my screenplay THE FREE REPUBLIC OF BOBISTAN.

2006 - My action comedy screenplay SO BUSTED is a quarterfinalist in the 2006 American Screenplay Competition.