Awards

2024

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS (Book)
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Offical Selection: Screenplay
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best International Book
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best Original Writer

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS: THE MUSICAL
• New York Movie Awards (an IMDb Qualifying Festival!) // Gold Award: Short Script
• MegaFlix Film Awards // Offical Selection
• Remember the Future World Film Festival in Cannes! // October Finalist

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS: THE MUSICAL // Song: Who Are These Bugs?
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Best Original Song
• San Diego International Kids Film Festival // Offical Selection: Music & Songs
• International Gold Awards // Gold Award: Orginal Song
• The Australian Film Critics Awards // Winner: Best Indie Song

DESERT FRIENDS: TRAVELS WITH THE PACK, 2ND ED.
• Next Generation Indie Book Awards // Finalist: Activity Book (all ages)
• Next Generation Indie Book Awards // Finalist: Animals/Pets
• NYC Big Book Award // Distinguished Favorite: Children's-Animals/Pets Category
• Switzerland Film Fest and Screenplay Competition // Best Original Story

THE GREAT ANIMAL ESCAPE
• Amazon // #1 Hot New Releases, Top 100 Bestseller: Children’s Farrming & Agriculture Books
• Berlin International Screenwriting Festival // Official Selection
• Chicago Script Awards // Best Book: Autumn Edition
• Festigious International Film Festival // Winner: Best Inspirational Screenplay - June
• Film Festival NIC - Cote D’azure, France // 2024 Winner: Think Different
• Florence Film Awards // Silver Award: Feature Script
• Ideal International Film Festival // Official Selection
• London Movie Awards  // Gold Award: Feature Script
• Megaflix Film Awards // Winner: Best Story/Plot
• NYC Big Book Award // Winner: Chapter Books Category
• Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards - Summer 2024 // Best Books: Juvenile Fiction
• San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival // Official Selection: Screenplay
• Southwest Book Design and Production Awards // Winner: Children’s Book Category
• World Film Festival in Cannes // Winner: Best Original Story - May

MARKY THE MAGNIFICENT FAIRY
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Book Adaption
• International Impact Book Awards // Winner: Childrens's Inspirational / Motivational
• Readers Views // Reviewers Choice Awards // Bronze Medal Winner: Early Reader Non-Fiction
• Feathered Quill Book Awards // Silver Award: Children’s Early Readers Category
• Film Freeway // California International Children's Film Festival // Winner
• Film Freeway // Los Angeles Short Film & Script Festival // Finalist
• Film Freeway // Oz Indie Film Festival // Winner: Best Short Screenplay
• Film Freeway // California Women's Film Festival // Winner
• Film Freeway // WRPN.tv Screenplay Comepetition // Winner
• Film Freeway // Fimmatic Short Screenplay Awards // Quarter Finalist
• Film Freeway // Clown International Film Festival Paris // Finalist: Best Short Script
• Film Freeway // Art Giraffe International Film Festival // Best Screenwriter Debut Semi Finalist
• Film Freeway // City of God Film Festival // Winner
• Film Freeway // Humro Cinema Film Fest // Finalist

S.T.E.A.M. CHRONICLES BOOK ONE: NIGHT WATCHERS
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Book Adaption
• Fortean Film Festival // Bronze Award: Best Script/Screenplay

STORY MONSTERS AMONG US
• Epic ACG Festival // Official Selection: Comics

STORY MONSTER THEME SONG
• Epic ACG Festival // Official Selection: Music

TIC TALK: LIVING WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME
• Fortean Film Festival // Honorable Mention: Most Original Concept
• Fortean Film Festival // Honorable Mention: Best Script/Screenplay

2023

ADDIE SLAUGHTER: THE GIRL WOH MET GERONIMO
• Frida Film Festival 2023 - Paris, France // Winner - Chaplin In Paris First Edition: Best International Screenwriter
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best International Screenwriter
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best International Screenwriter

CATE AND THE GARDEN BANDITS (Book)
• Frida Film Festival // Best Manuscipt/Screenplay
• 8 & HalfFilm Awards // June 2023: Best Book
• Milan Gold Awards 2023 // Gold Award: Short Script
• Miracle Makers International Film Festival // Offical Selection
• Hollywood in the Tiber Film Awards // Best Book
• Amazon // July 31, 2023: Best Seller in Children’s Environmental & Ecology Books

FINDING JOY
• Best Book Award // Finalist: Children's Fiction
• Frida Film Festival 2023 - Paris, France // Winner - Chaplin In Paris First Edition: Best Book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Pets
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 3rd Place: Best Children's book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 3rd Place: Children's Motivational & Inspirational
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Honorable Mention: Best Supporting Character and Cutest Character
• Rome Movie Awards - International Monthly Film Festival (IMDb Qualifying Festival) // Winner September 2023: Best Short Script

MARKY THE MAGNIFICENT FAIRY
• Amazon Kindle Store // #1 Amazon Best Seller
• American Book Fest // Best Book Award
• Film Freeway // San Diego Kids International Film Festival // Winner: Screenplay Showcase
• Film Freeway // Conquering Disabilities with Film International Film Festival
• Film Freeway // New York Script Awards // Winner
• Film Freeway // Voices Rising Film Festival // Official Selection
• Film Freeway // Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival // Winner: Best Writer
• Film Freeway // Courage Film Festival // Winner
• Film Freeway // Ethos Film Awards // Finalist
• Film Freeway // Bharatha Desam International Film Festival // Best Short Screenplay
• Golden Wizard Book Prize // Honouree - Award Winner
• International Book Awards - American Bookfest // Children’s Picture Book
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Best Children's Bool of Winter
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 2nd Place: Illustrated & Picture Books
• Outstanding Creator Awards // 1st Place: Children's Motivational & Inspirational Books
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Winner: Best Character
• Outstanding Creator Awards // Honorable Mention: Best Dynamic Duo
• National Federation of Press Women // National Award Winner: Children’s Fiction
• NYC Big Book Award // Winner: Best Picture Book All Ages

2017

THE TINIEST TUMBLEWEED
• The Irwin Award // Best Inspirational Children's Book of 2017