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• 2024 USA Songwriting Competition FINALIST, Novelty/Comedy Song Category: "Keep The Flies Off Of The Cake"

• 2024 Robert Kotta Memorial Songwriting Contest / Port Gamble Maritime Music Fest WINNER: "Cleaning On A Boat"

• 2024 South Florida Folk Festival FINALIST: "Heart Of The Earth" & "Keep The Flies Off Of The Cake"

• 2023 Song of the Year Contest  (Round 4) SEMI-FINALIST: "Trying To Write A Love Song" (Un-released)

• 2023 Song of the Year Contest (Round 3)  TOP 5: "Sometimes You Gotta Wear Boots"

• 2020  Song Of The Year Contest: FINALIST "Twelve Shades Of Blue"

• 2019 Song Of The Year Contest : SEMI- FINALIST "Chrissie's Hair"

• 2018 Great American Song Contest:  FINALIST "Colonoscopy"

• 2018 International Songwriting Competition:  SEMI- FINALIST "Colonoscopy"

• 2018 Song Of The Year Contest:  FINALIST "Colonoscopy"

• 2013 Tumbleweed Music Festival:  FINALIST "Girders of Steel"

• 2011 Great American Song Contest:  TOP 5 "Mama Wears A Hard Hat"

• 2011 Song of the Year:  HONORABLE MENTION"Mama Wears A Hard Hat"

• 2003 Tumblweed Music Festival:  THIRD PLACE "Mama Wears A Hard Hat"