2026

TL;DR WordHerd 1k (speculative): 1st “Midnight Symphony“

Writing Battle Raven Tempest (fantasy): Runner Up “Proof of Concept“

Odd Embers Drabble-abble-abble (dark humor-ish?): 3rd Baby’s First Pet

Writing Battle Owl Tempest (sci-fi): Final 4 “The Fine Print“

Twisted Tournament May (multiple, speculative): 7th overall

Writers Workout Writers’ Games (multiple): 9th overall

Twisted Tournament August (multiple): 10th overall

TL;DR 2K Terror (horror): 13th “Hand-Picked, Hand Delivered“

Writing Battle Owl Verdant (steampunk): Sweet 16 Madam Aurora’s Marriage Advice for the Modern Lady

Odd Embers (literary speculative): Short list “The Song of the North Star“

2025

Writer’s Workout Writers’ Games (multiple): 1st overall

NYCmidnight Flash Fiction (sci-fi): 3rd “./Human Legacy“

Writers Playground 10th Challenge (paranormal): 3rd “When the Soul Catcher Knocks“

Twisted Tournament February (multiple, speculative): 3rd overall

Crowvus Ghost Story Competition: shortlisted “A Sea Shanty in Four Parts“

Globe Soup Paranormal: Finalist
Best of the Net Nomination (scifi): “They, Her, Us”

2024

Twisted Tournament 2 (multiple speculative): 1st overall

NYCmidnight Short Story (contemporary): 2nd “She, I, You, We; Every Woman“

Twist in the Tale 1k (scifi): 1st in genre, HM overall “Laugh Out Loud“

TL;DR 2k Terrors (horror): 3rd ”The Vast Enormity of the Sea” Through the Grinder, Darkly anthology

Twisted Tournament (multiple): 4th overall

Writers Workout Writers Games (multiple): 10th overall

TL;DR 1k WordHerd (speculative): 24th “Moving On” Figments and Fragments anthology

YeahWrite (magical realism): HM “The Last Apology“

2023

Writing Battle Winter Flash (fantasy): 1st “Water is Life”

TL;DR WordHerd (horror): 1st “Nine Lives of Madness“

YeahWrite SuperChallenge Flash Fiction #28 (magical realism): 1st “To Catch the Wind“

Writers’ Playground 6th Challenge (fantasy): 10th “Barberry for Atonement“

Globe Soup SciFi Challenge (cyberpunk): HM

Globe Soup Genre Smash (dystopian Romance): HM

Pushcart nomination (fantasy): “Adrift”

2022

Writing Battle Winter Flash (horror): 1st “Antique Photos”

YeahWrite SuperChallenge Flash Fiction #26 (scifi): 1st “The Things I’ll Do for Bacon“

Writers Playground 3rd Challenge (modern mythology): 3rd “Waiting in the Everafter”

NYCmidnight Flash Fiction (magical realism): 10th “Forgotten Things and Might-Have-Beens”

Writer’s Workout Writers Games (multiple): 12th overall

TL;DR WordHerd (contemporary): top 20 “To Teach Myself to Fly”

Dark Sire Creatives Awards nomination (horror): “It Tastes of Salt and Terror”

Pushcart nomination (fantasy): “when the ice moon rises, and the night is strangely bright”

2021

Iron Faerie Publishing (modern mythology): Betwixt Contest – 1st

Writer’s Workout Writers’ Games (multiple): 1st

The Molotov Cocktail Flash Monsters (horror): 6th “Inhale, Exhale“

TL;DR WordHerd (modern mythology): 9th “Steamy at Stonehenge”

YeahWrite SuperChallenge Flash Fiction #20 (gearpunk): 3rd “Tick, Tock“

2020

Writer’s Workout Writers’ Games Fall Session (multiple): 3rd

TL;DR WordHerd (fantasy): top 20 “The Earth Provides”

2019

Writer’s Workout Writers’ Games Fall Session (multiple): 1st

Writer’s Workout Writers’ Games Spring Session (multiple): 2nd