YOU-CAN'T-BE-AN-AWARD-WINNING-AUTHOR-WITHOUT-AWARDS DEPARTMENT

SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS, EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS

 1^st place, 2008 Business/News Features, profiles of Seattle businesss, Seattle Metropolitan

2^nd place, 2008 Personalities, profile of costume designer Colleen Atwood, Horizon Airlines Magazine

2nd place, 2008 Travel News/Features, “Not Another Roadside Attraction,” Seattle Metropolitan

3^rd place, 2008 Minorities, “The Big Bet,” Seattle Metropolitan

1st place, 2007 Personality Profile on novelist Michael Gruber, Seattle Metropolitan

2nd place, 2007 Magazine Travel feature, "Summer Adventures," Seattle Metropolitan

Honorable Mention, 2007 Golf feature, "Course of Action," Alaska Airlines Magazine

2nd place, 2006 Magazine Sports feature, "Ping-Pong Yong," Seattle Metropolitan

3rd place, 2000 Business News & Features, Alaska Airlines Magazine

2nd place, 1999, Social Issues, "Youth Who Make a Difference," Alaska Airlines Magazine

NORTH AMERICAN TRAVEL JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION:

Honorable Mention, 2007 Culinary Travel, "Vintage Return," Virtuoso Life