Awards & Honors

MWSA's top award is named in memory of longtime member Mike Mullins, an award-winning author.

Thank you to the judges  for deeming my fourth novel worthy for this prestigious recognition named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Willa Cather

 Judithe Little tied for the award with her 2nd novel, The Chanel Sisters. Mandy Haynes's short story collection, Sharp As a Serpent's Tooth: Eva and other Stories, won the 2021 Bonus Book of the Year. Janet Oakley's The Quisling Factor was named the 2021 International Book of the Year. 

Thank you to the review team at MWSA and to Rev. Bill McDonald, our Founder, for bringing us all together.

 Readers' Favorite 2021 International Book Awards

 The Flying Cutterbucks is set in The Land of Enchantment where I was born and raised.

Congratulations to Joseph Badal for  winning the award. Joe is the author of sixteen novels and the recipient of many prestigious awards. I was honored to be nominated again this year along with my friend and colleague, Valerie Ormond. 

Honored to be featured on the cover of Dispatches Magazine with my colleagues, Valerie Ormond and Dale Dye, for the 2019 MWSA Mike Mullins Writer of the Year Award Nominees.On 8.20.19, Hollywood legend Dale Dye was declared the winner. 

Display case in the lobby of Clovis High School, Clovis, New Mexico. I declared myself a writer my junior year when I started writing for my high school newspaper, The Purple Press. In May of 2017, I was presented with a distinguished alumna award for "Sports & Entertainment."

A Glorious moment: I was honored to receive an award for my writing achievements years after I graduated from Tarrant County College/NE Campus. Portion Community College, featured in my novels, Johnnie Come Lately & Seven Wings to Glory, was inspired by my time at Tarrant County College/NE Campus, Hurst, TX. 

First Place for feature writing  my  senior year in high school. This award led to a student writer position on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University where I attended my freshman year. Later I took night classes at the ENMU satellite campus in Clovis while working as a reporter at the Clovis News Journal.