Showtime Tony Cox's Screenplay Competition, Best One-Hour Teleplay at the Nantucket Film Festival
Finalist in the NBC Universal/UCP Pitch Competition, top 16 out of 1,500.
SEARCH PARTY-Short Film (2016):
Recipient of an HBO production grant
SimonSays Entertainment Directing Award for Innovative and Diverse Filmmaking
Harlem Spotlight Award, Harlem International Film Festival (2017)
Semifinalist in the NBC Universal Shorts Fest Competition (2016)
Festivals: Atlanta, Athens-Ohio, Bermuda, Urbanworld, American Black Film Festival, San Francsico Black, and Harlem.
ASCAP Musical Scoring prize package for professional music scoring
THE BORDER-One Hour Teleplay (2015):
Columbia University Screenplay Competition, Best Teleplay pilot
Jesse Thompkins Screenwriting Fellowship, working closely with Adam Brooks (Director/Showrunner) on developing original material of my own.
NONFICTION WORK
New York State Summer Writers Institute Scholarship, Skidmore College. Workshopped several essay pieces under esteemed personal essayist, Phillip Lopate.