Award Ceremony in San Diego, CA
2024 MWSA Writer of the Year
MWSA's top award is named in memory of longtime member Mike Mullins, an award-winning author.
Here's the Story ... Nine Women Write Their Lives
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist (Anthology)
The Flying Cutterbucks
2022 New Mexico Press Women ZIA Book Award 1st Runner-up
The Flying Cutterbucks
2021 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Contemporary Fiction
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
The Flying Cutterbucks
2021 Pulpwood Queen Timber Guy Book of the Year
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.
The Flying Cutterbucks
2021 MWSA Gold Medal Winner in Literary Fiction
Thank you to the review team at MWSA and to Rev. Bill McDonald, our Founder, for bringing us all together.
The Flying Cutterbucks
Gold Medal Winner in Fiction- Realistic
Readers' Favorite 2021 International Book Awards
The Flying Cutterbucks
2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist
The Flying Cutterbucks is set in The Land of Enchantment where I was born and raised.
2020 MWSA Writer of the Year Finalist
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.
2019 MWSA Writer of the Year Finalist
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.
Where it all began...
Purple Pride Hall of Honor
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."
Tarrant County College/NE Campus
2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
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.
My First Big Award, circa 1976
New Mexico Press Women
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.