Awards and Honors

2012
• Artwork chosen as part of the SCBWI Bologna Book Fair Illustrators' Gallery

2010
• SOAP, SOAP, SOAP named to the "25 Books All Young Georgians Should Read" list by the Georgia Center for the Book

2009
• SCBWI National Volunteer Scholarship awarded to attend the 2009 Summer Conference in LA
• SCBWI Magazine Merit Award

2008
• Bronze Medal - Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Paco and the Giant Chile Plant
• iParenting Media Awards Outstanding Product for 2008, Ready for the Day!
• Assoication of Booksellers for Children's (ABC) Top Title For Back to School, Ready for the Day!
• SCBWI Barbara Karlin Grant, Judge
• Highlights Magazine, illustrator of the month, April 2008
• CBC Magazine's Hot Off the Press list, Paco and the Giant Chile Plant, March 2008

2007:
• 76th Annual Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition,
        Honorable Mention in the Children's Fiction Category for "Queen Bea"
        out of over 19,000 submissions
• SmartWriters.com Grand Prize W.I.N.NER for illustration, "Lula's Brew"

2006:
• The Prince's Diary named No.1 Valentine's Day Pick by Book Sense in conjunction
        with the Association of American Publishers
• SCBWI-Southern Breeze Writing Competition for illustrated children's books,
        Honorable Mention for "Queen Bea"
• Story Dynamics "Discovering Ease" story competition, Honorable Mention for "Queen Bea"
• childrensillustrators.com illustrator of the month

2004:
• SCBWI Featured Artist, September 2004
• SCBWI Online Illustration Competition, Honorable Mention for "April Fools"