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Awards

Kinsman Quarterly's 2024 Iridescence Writing Competition

My horror story "Residual Effects" won 3rd Place.

You can read it in the Iridescence Anthology.

Kinsman Quarterly's 2025 Iridescence Writing Competition

My contemporary sci-fi story "In the Eye of the Beholder" won 1st Place. You can read about i here https://kinsmanquarterly.org/so/2dPa1rgRp.

L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future

2024 - 4th Quarter

My science fiction story "In the Eye of the Beholder" won an honorable mention. It later went on to win the grand prize for 2025 Iridescence.

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2025 - 3rd Quarter

My western horror story "One Bullet Left" won an honorable mention. It is currently still looking for publication.

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Crystal Lake Publishing - Shallow Waters Flash Fiction contest - "Buried Alive"

My horror story "In the Dark" was a finalist.

It was later published by MetaStellar on April 14, 2025 - You can read it here.

It was also put out as a podcast for Creepy Podcasts - Available here

My Dystopian Sci-Fi "Fitting into the Mold" was also a finalist.

It was first published in the "New Contexts: 7" anthology on March 1, 2025

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Dark Holme Publishing - June & Oct Micro Horror Challenge

My horror flash "Painful Awakenings" won 3rd place in the June 2025 challenge.

It was included in Volume 13, June 2025 of Dark Descent (can be found here).

My horror flash "I Hate Mischief Night" won 3rd place in the Oct 2025 challenge.

It was included in Volume 17, Nov 2025 of Dark Descent (can be found here).

Both will be included in Dark Holme Publishings 2026 Anthology (will update).

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Johnny Depp Presents

The People's Artist Award

My Sci-Fi novel "A Question of Evil" was entered along with myself for the 2026 People's Artist competition (hosted by Johnny Depp).  I made it to the second round but couldn't get lower than 13th place so I didn't make the 3rd round cut.

But they were nice enough to give me this badge for making the initial cut.

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