2024 - Top Ten Finalist, Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest (Arlington Heights, IL) - For the song "Swinging Bridge"

2024 - Top Ten Finalist alternate, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "By the Water, Under Trees"

2023 - Second Place, Robert Kotta Songwriting Contest - For the song "Outward Bound"

2019 - First Place, Stories of the Sea Contest, Seattle Maritime Festival - For the song "On The Sea"

2019 - Top Ten Finalist, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "The Power of Song"

2018 - Audience Choice Award, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "No Roots For Me"

2018 - Second Place, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "No Roots For Me"

2018 - First Place, Robert Kotta Songwriting Contest - For the song "Fishing"

2018 - Second Place, Stories of the Sea Contest, Seattle Maritime Festival - For the song "Fishing"

2017 - First Place, Stories of the Sea Contest, Seattle Maritime Festival - For the song "Sailor"

2016 - Second Place, Stories of the Sea Contest, Seattle Maritime Festival - For the song "The Little Western"

2015 - Audience Choice Award, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "Bittersweet Rubbish"

2015 - Top Ten Finalist, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "Bittersweet Rubbish"

2015 - Honorable Mention, Woody Guthrie Festival Songwriting Contest (Okemah, OK) - For the song "Bittersweet Rubbish"

2015 - First Place, Robert Kotta Songwriting Contest - For the song "The Little Western"

2014 - Top Ten Finalist, Tumbleweed Music Festival - For the song "Woodcarver"

2013 - First Place, Robert Kotta Songwriting Contest - For the song "Sailor"

2009 - Finalist, ISC (International Songwriting Contest) - For the song "True"