POETRY & PROSE AWARDS
October 2022 LAUGH LINES CONTEST WINNER for "Love Like Tacos", Poetry Society of Texas
September 2022 DWARF STAR HONORABLE MENTION AWARD for "Mexico City, 2101 A.D.," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
June 2022: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "Mexico City, 2101 A.D.," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
May 2022: ELGIN AWARD NOMINATION for the book, "Planet Of The Zombie Zonnets: Seasons One And Two," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2021 Horror Authors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
2021 Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant Recipient
November 2021: 2nd Place, WINKLEBLECK CHOICE AWARD (Roam: A Zombie Zonnet Nursery Song) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 3rd Place, MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD (Swing) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 4th Place/HM, OTHER POINT OF VIEW AWARD (I Won't Teach The Undocumented) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 4th Place/HM, RUSK COUNTY POETRY SOCIETY AWARD(Autumn Scores) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 9th Place/HM, J. PAUL HOLCOMB MEMORIAL AWARD (haiku no. 33) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 9th Place/HM, J. PAUL HOLCOMB MEMORIAL AWARD FREE VERSE PRIZE (UFO Report: Question Three) [Poetry Society of Texas]
July 2021: POPULAR PRIZE (Ode To Rosa Parks) [Poetry Society of Texas]
June 2021: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "La Lechusa," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
April 2021: ELGIN AWARD NOMINATION for the chapbook, "Space In Pieces," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2020 Honorable Mention NaPoWriMo Chapbook Competition, Local Gems
2020 Texas Zombie Poet of the Year
June 2020: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "beyond its two eyes," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
February 2020: RHYSLING AWARD NOMINATION for "beyond its two eyes," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2019-2020 Corpus Christi (TX) Poet Laureate
2017 Pushcart Nominee
2014 Un-Official Hooters Poet Laureate
2013 White Buffalo Native American Poet Laureate Contest Silver Sage Award
2013 El Chupacabra Poet Laureate (for Life)
January 2013: 3rd Place For Best Poet Published in 2012, Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
April 2012: Overall Literary Award, Community Category, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest for both Poetry and Prose Categories
April 2012: 1st Place, Community Poetry, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Martin Had A Chupacabra)
April 2012: 3rd Place, Prose, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Remembering Katy)
April 2012: White Buffalo Chief’s Choice Award (Mother Earth Speaks)
April 2012: White Buffalo Peace Pipe Award (Dirt)
April 2012: White Buffalo Peace Pipe Award (What Does It Matter)
March 2012: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Assigned Topic (Disobedience)
January 2012: 3rd Place For Best Poem Published in 2011, “Red Is The Barn,” Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
January 2012: 5th Place For Best Poet Published in 2011, Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
December 2011: Letter Of Congratulations For Being Selected Poet Laureate For The San Antonio Poets Association From The Texas Senate Higher Education Committee, Signed By Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair
October 2011: Letter Of Congratulations For Being Selected Poet Laureate For The San Antonio Poets Association From State Representative Tracy O. King
September 2011: Honorable Mention, National Space Society Of North Texas Poetry Contest (Walking Around The Compound On My Day Off)
May 2011: 2011-2012 Poet Laureate San Antonio Poets Association
May 2011: Poet Laureate Award Letter, San Antonio Poets’ Association
April 2011: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poet Association, Open Topic (Return To Apache City)
April 2011: 2nd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic, April 2011
April 2011: 2nd Place, 30th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Save The Chupacabras)
April 2011: 3rd Place, 30th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (I Am Juan In The Fields)
April 2011: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Chupacabra In The Woods)
April 2011: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (The Three Little Goats And The Big Nasty Chupacabra)
April 2011: 2nd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Immigration Reform #001)
March 2011: White Buffalo Silver Sage Award (Return To Apache City)
March 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (Being Born Again)
February 2011: 1st Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Yes, Honey)
February 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (For H.G. Wells)
January 2011: 3rd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Noisy Goodbye)
January 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (Portrait Of Bigfoot On Mars)
November 2010: 3rd Place, San Antonio Poet Association, Open Topic (A Book)
October 2010: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poet Association, Assigned Topic (The Three Little Goats And The Big Nasty Chupacabra)
October 2010: 3rd Place, Violet Tingley Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (The Poet’s Life)
July 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, San Angelo Writers Club
June 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, San Angelo Writers Club
May 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, Uvalde High School Coca Cola Valued Youth Program
May 2010: 2nd Runner Up, San Antonio Poet Association Poet Laureate Contest, May 2010
April 2010: 2nd Place, Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, Texas April 2010 (Free)
April 2010: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Poof!)
April 2010: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Breaking The Taco Shell)
December 2009: 1st Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Category (Ancient Wings)
October 2009: 2nd Place, Billie Stroud Appreciation Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (Gunfighters At Bland Canyon)
October 2009: 1st Place, The Heritage Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (One Morning)
October 2009: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poetry Association, Assigned Topic (Red Is The Barn)
September 2009: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poetry Association, Open Topic (Poof!)
May 2009: 2nd Runner Up, San Antonio Poet Association Poet Laureate Contest
April 2009: 2nd Place for Poetry, 28th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Frijoles)
March 2009: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Color)
March 2009: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (One Morning In La Brown Bucks Café)
December 2008: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (Chicano Infinitum)
September 2008: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (Fantasy Football)
October 2007: Honorable Mention, Humorous Limerick Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (Some Birthday Robo-Gram)
April 2007: 3rd Place for Poetry, 26th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (A Day At The Comic Book Association Meeting)
April 2007: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas April 2007 (Pings And Pangs)
March 2007: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poets Association, Assigned Topic (Building A Better Mexican American)
February 2007: Honorable Mention, Assigned Topic, San Antonio Poets Association (Saucer On The Nueces)
March 2006: Honorable Mention, Assigned Topic, San Antonio Poets Association (Broken Windmills)
March 2006: Best Poetry, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
March 2006: Honorable Mention, First Award, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
March 2006: Honorable Mention, Second Award, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Poetry, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Life)
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Essay, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Polk: Madman Or Genius)
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Short Story, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Arts Creative Contest (Invasion Of May 24, 1990)
April 2005: 4th Place, College Short Story, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (A Very, Very, Very Short History Of The Visit Of A Strange Flying Thing or STF, With Don Domingo, A Retired Dragon As Told By Francisco, The Horned Fly)
2005 People’s Comic Book Newsletter Award Winner Best Comic Book Poetry
TEACHING RELATED AWARDS
2019-2020, Teacher of the Year Nominee, Alice ISD, Alice, Texas
2019-2020 Amazing Teacher of the Month for December, Alice Echo, Alice, Texas
2014 Letter Of Appreciation, Educator Effectiveness Process (EEP) Summer Institute, Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada
2013 Award, H.E.B. Excellence In Education Award, Statewide Semi-Finalist, La Pryor, Texas
2011 Service Award, Five Year Service Award, La Pryor High School, La Pryor, Texas
2005 Service Award, Five Year Service Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2005 Teacher Of The Year, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2004 Scholarship, Mall De Las Aguilas, Rio Grande College, Uvalde, Texas
2003 SEATTAH Scholar, Striving For Excellence And Accountability In The Teaching Of Traditional American History, University Of Dallas, Texas [2003-2005]
2003 Teacher Of The Year, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2003 Certificate Of Excellence, La Pryor Band Volunteer, La Pryor, Texas
2002 Teacher Appreciation Award, from Student Class Of 2002, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2002 Most Inspirational Teacher Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2002 Special Recognition Award, Empowerment Day, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2001 Team Member, All State 1st Place Recognition Of Extraordinary Excellence In The Identification And Recruitment Of Migrant Students, Texas Migrant Education/Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2001 Teacher Award, The Most Willing Teacher/Staff Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde Texas
2001 Certificate Of Appreciation, West Main Library Archives Museum Project, Uvalde, Texas
October 2022 LAUGH LINES CONTEST WINNER for "Love Like Tacos", Poetry Society of Texas
September 2022 DWARF STAR HONORABLE MENTION AWARD for "Mexico City, 2101 A.D.," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
June 2022: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "Mexico City, 2101 A.D.," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
May 2022: ELGIN AWARD NOMINATION for the book, "Planet Of The Zombie Zonnets: Seasons One And Two," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2021 Horror Authors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
2021 Horror Writers Association Diversity Grant Recipient
November 2021: 2nd Place, WINKLEBLECK CHOICE AWARD (Roam: A Zombie Zonnet Nursery Song) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 3rd Place, MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD (Swing) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 4th Place/HM, OTHER POINT OF VIEW AWARD (I Won't Teach The Undocumented) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 4th Place/HM, RUSK COUNTY POETRY SOCIETY AWARD(Autumn Scores) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 9th Place/HM, J. PAUL HOLCOMB MEMORIAL AWARD (haiku no. 33) [Poetry Society of Texas]
November 2021: 9th Place/HM, J. PAUL HOLCOMB MEMORIAL AWARD FREE VERSE PRIZE (UFO Report: Question Three) [Poetry Society of Texas]
July 2021: POPULAR PRIZE (Ode To Rosa Parks) [Poetry Society of Texas]
June 2021: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "La Lechusa," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
April 2021: ELGIN AWARD NOMINATION for the chapbook, "Space In Pieces," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2020 Honorable Mention NaPoWriMo Chapbook Competition, Local Gems
2020 Texas Zombie Poet of the Year
June 2020: DWARF STAR AWARD NOMINATION for "beyond its two eyes," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
February 2020: RHYSLING AWARD NOMINATION for "beyond its two eyes," Science Fiction And Fantasy Poetry Association
2019-2020 Corpus Christi (TX) Poet Laureate
2017 Pushcart Nominee
2014 Un-Official Hooters Poet Laureate
2013 White Buffalo Native American Poet Laureate Contest Silver Sage Award
2013 El Chupacabra Poet Laureate (for Life)
January 2013: 3rd Place For Best Poet Published in 2012, Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
April 2012: Overall Literary Award, Community Category, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest for both Poetry and Prose Categories
April 2012: 1st Place, Community Poetry, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Martin Had A Chupacabra)
April 2012: 3rd Place, Prose, 31st Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Remembering Katy)
April 2012: White Buffalo Chief’s Choice Award (Mother Earth Speaks)
April 2012: White Buffalo Peace Pipe Award (Dirt)
April 2012: White Buffalo Peace Pipe Award (What Does It Matter)
March 2012: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Assigned Topic (Disobedience)
January 2012: 3rd Place For Best Poem Published in 2011, “Red Is The Barn,” Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
January 2012: 5th Place For Best Poet Published in 2011, Critters Writers Workshop Predators & Editors Readers Poll
December 2011: Letter Of Congratulations For Being Selected Poet Laureate For The San Antonio Poets Association From The Texas Senate Higher Education Committee, Signed By Senator Judith Zaffirini, Chair
October 2011: Letter Of Congratulations For Being Selected Poet Laureate For The San Antonio Poets Association From State Representative Tracy O. King
September 2011: Honorable Mention, National Space Society Of North Texas Poetry Contest (Walking Around The Compound On My Day Off)
May 2011: 2011-2012 Poet Laureate San Antonio Poets Association
May 2011: Poet Laureate Award Letter, San Antonio Poets’ Association
April 2011: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poet Association, Open Topic (Return To Apache City)
April 2011: 2nd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic, April 2011
April 2011: 2nd Place, 30th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Save The Chupacabras)
April 2011: 3rd Place, 30th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (I Am Juan In The Fields)
April 2011: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Chupacabra In The Woods)
April 2011: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (The Three Little Goats And The Big Nasty Chupacabra)
April 2011: 2nd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Immigration Reform #001)
March 2011: White Buffalo Silver Sage Award (Return To Apache City)
March 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (Being Born Again)
February 2011: 1st Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Yes, Honey)
February 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (For H.G. Wells)
January 2011: 3rd Place, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Assigned Topic (Noisy Goodbye)
January 2011: Honorable Mention, Alamo Area Poets Of Texas, Open Topic (Portrait Of Bigfoot On Mars)
November 2010: 3rd Place, San Antonio Poet Association, Open Topic (A Book)
October 2010: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poet Association, Assigned Topic (The Three Little Goats And The Big Nasty Chupacabra)
October 2010: 3rd Place, Violet Tingley Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (The Poet’s Life)
July 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, San Angelo Writers Club
June 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, San Angelo Writers Club
May 2010: Certificate Of Appreciation, Uvalde High School Coca Cola Valued Youth Program
May 2010: 2nd Runner Up, San Antonio Poet Association Poet Laureate Contest, May 2010
April 2010: 2nd Place, Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, Texas April 2010 (Free)
April 2010: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Poof!)
April 2010: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Breaking The Taco Shell)
December 2009: 1st Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Category (Ancient Wings)
October 2009: 2nd Place, Billie Stroud Appreciation Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (Gunfighters At Bland Canyon)
October 2009: 1st Place, The Heritage Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (One Morning)
October 2009: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poetry Association, Assigned Topic (Red Is The Barn)
September 2009: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poetry Association, Open Topic (Poof!)
May 2009: 2nd Runner Up, San Antonio Poet Association Poet Laureate Contest
April 2009: 2nd Place for Poetry, 28th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Frijoles)
March 2009: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas (Color)
March 2009: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (One Morning In La Brown Bucks Café)
December 2008: 2nd Place, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (Chicano Infinitum)
September 2008: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poets Association, Open Topic (Fantasy Football)
October 2007: Honorable Mention, Humorous Limerick Award, San Antonio Poetry Fair (Some Birthday Robo-Gram)
April 2007: 3rd Place for Poetry, 26th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (A Day At The Comic Book Association Meeting)
April 2007: Honorable Mention, Laurel Crown Foundation’s Awaken The Sleeping Poet Festival, San Antonio, Texas April 2007 (Pings And Pangs)
March 2007: Honorable Mention, San Antonio Poets Association, Assigned Topic (Building A Better Mexican American)
February 2007: Honorable Mention, Assigned Topic, San Antonio Poets Association (Saucer On The Nueces)
March 2006: Honorable Mention, Assigned Topic, San Antonio Poets Association (Broken Windmills)
March 2006: Best Poetry, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
March 2006: Honorable Mention, First Award, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
March 2006: Honorable Mention, Second Award, Comic Book Poetry, People’s Comic Book Newsletter
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Poetry, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Life)
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Essay, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (Polk: Madman Or Genius)
April 2005: 4th Place, Community Short Story, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Arts Creative Contest (Invasion Of May 24, 1990)
April 2005: 4th Place, College Short Story, 24th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Creative Arts Contest (A Very, Very, Very Short History Of The Visit Of A Strange Flying Thing or STF, With Don Domingo, A Retired Dragon As Told By Francisco, The Horned Fly)
2005 People’s Comic Book Newsletter Award Winner Best Comic Book Poetry
TEACHING RELATED AWARDS
2019-2020, Teacher of the Year Nominee, Alice ISD, Alice, Texas
2019-2020 Amazing Teacher of the Month for December, Alice Echo, Alice, Texas
2014 Letter Of Appreciation, Educator Effectiveness Process (EEP) Summer Institute, Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas, Nevada
2013 Award, H.E.B. Excellence In Education Award, Statewide Semi-Finalist, La Pryor, Texas
2011 Service Award, Five Year Service Award, La Pryor High School, La Pryor, Texas
2005 Service Award, Five Year Service Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2005 Teacher Of The Year, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2004 Scholarship, Mall De Las Aguilas, Rio Grande College, Uvalde, Texas
2003 SEATTAH Scholar, Striving For Excellence And Accountability In The Teaching Of Traditional American History, University Of Dallas, Texas [2003-2005]
2003 Teacher Of The Year, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2003 Certificate Of Excellence, La Pryor Band Volunteer, La Pryor, Texas
2002 Teacher Appreciation Award, from Student Class Of 2002, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2002 Most Inspirational Teacher Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2002 Special Recognition Award, Empowerment Day, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2001 Team Member, All State 1st Place Recognition Of Extraordinary Excellence In The Identification And Recruitment Of Migrant Students, Texas Migrant Education/Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde, Texas
2001 Teacher Award, The Most Willing Teacher/Staff Award, Gabriel Tafolla Charter School, Uvalde Texas
2001 Certificate Of Appreciation, West Main Library Archives Museum Project, Uvalde, Texas