Leaving Kent State is a Gold Medalist in the 2018 Literary Classics Book Awards, special interest Drama category. “Rachel is a powerful narrator as she relates the hopes, dreams and fears of a young teenaged girl in love growing up at a time of civil unrest and turmoil. Expertly crafted and skillfully penned, Leaving Kent State is recommended for home and school libraries and has earned the Literary Classics Seal of Approval.”
Leaving Kent State is a 2018 Mom’s Choice Award Gold Medal winner.
Leaving Kent State is a gold medalist in the 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Award, Young Adult Historical Fiction (Independent Publisher Magazine).
2017 Pushcart Prize nominee for Honor’s Justice
2016 Litpick.com Five Star Review for Leaving Kent State
2016 storySouth Million Writers Award nominee for Honor’s Justice, short story.
2016 Sundress Publications Best of the Net ’16 nominee for Honor’s Justice.
2014 SCBWI Work in Progress Grant Merit Letter recipient for Leaving Kent State.