2011 Every Natural Fact wins Ellis / Henderson Outdoor Writing Award from the Council of Wisconsin Writers


2011 Every Natural Fact wins the Gold Medal in the Living Now BookAwards: Catagory, Outdoor Recreation. "The Living Now Book Awardscelebrate the innovation and creativity of newly published books that enhance the quality of our lives, from cooking and fitness to relationships and mature living." 


2011 Parents recommend Every Natural Fact with the Parent Tested Parent Approved award.   


2011 Every Naural Fact honored by the Reader View Choice Award


2010 Every Natural Fact Selected as a Midwest Connections Pick 


2008 Awarded a Mesa Refuge Fellowship 

2008 Ellis Henerson Outdoor Writing Award: Second Place, Honorable Mention

2008 Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, 2008 Contests in Nonfiction: Finalist

2008 Santa Fe Writers Project Annual Literary Awards:  Finalist

2007 Ellis Henderson Outdoor Writing Award: Second Place HM 

2007 XJ Kennedy Award For Creative Nonfiction by Rosebud: Runner up 

2006 Florida Review annual essay contest: First runner up

2006 Flint Hills Review annual essay contest: First Runner Up

2006 Literal Latte' annual essay contest: Second Place

2003  Annual  essay writing award WRWA: First Place  


 
Articles/essays published in The Florida Review, Rosebud, Earth Island Journal, Sport Literate, The Flint Hills Review, The Leopold Outlook, Home Cooking, Big Apple Parent, Wisconsin Academy Review, Western New York Family, The Christian Reader, Home Cooking, Generations, MetroParent, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Shepherds Express Metro, Washington Families, Inscriptions, Blue Moon, The New Colonialist, and many more.