Nominated for Library of Virginia book prize for Vija’s War (Collection of Poem/Plays, San Francisco Bay Press) 2008
Master William and the Finman won the Mary Ann Farley Award for Fiction
Jean S. Desmond Ekphrastic Poem Prize
J. Franklin Dew Award for Poetry (1st HM)
Phaedra: Best Play in Hampton Roads, Port Folio Award
Hymn to the Chesapeake: Most Innovative Play, Port Folio Award
Christian in Theater Arts Award: A lifetime achievement award from Regent University for playwriting, poetry and criticism.
Award of Appreciation from the Hampton Roads Theater Community for a career as playwright and critic in the Tidewater region
Virginia VCCS Grant for production of Hymn to the Chesapeake in St. Petersburg, Russia
Chesapeake Bay Foundation sponsorship for production of Hymn to the Chesapeake on Tangier Island
Southeastern Virginia Theater Award, Distinguished Service (career) for Port Folio Weekly
Twelve grants for the production of Threshold to American (poem/play on Jamestown) various localities in Virginia, including a grant from the Irene Leach Foundation
Grant from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for the production of Chesapeake Celebration in Williamsburg.
Cited by Peoples Academy of the Arts at Norfolk State University for Print Journalism in Drama Criticism
Creative Writing Award, University of Arkansas
Baucum Fulkerson Award for Literary Excellence
Awards from poetry societies of Virginia, Florida, and New Hampshire
Nominated for Best New Play in Hampton Roads, Crazyhorse’s Woman
