AWARDS & HONOURS
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award (2016 Poetry)
Illumination Christian Book Gold Award (2025 Poetry)
Illumination Christian Book Gold Award (2023 Digital Media)
Illumination Christian Book Gold Award (2022 Digital Media)
Independent Publisher Silver Book Award (2025 Poetry–Specialty)
Independent Publisher Gold Book Award (2022 Book/Author/Publisher Website)
Independent Publisher Silver Book Award (2015 Multicultural Fiction)
Nautilus Silver Book Award (2025 Lyric Prose & Hybrid Works)
Beverly Hills International Gold Book Award (Poetry)
Beverly Hills International Gold Book Award (Visionary Fiction)
National Indie Excellence Gold Book Award (2015 Poetry)
eLit Gold Book Award (2023 Anthologies)
eLit Silver Book Award (2023 Poetry)
eLit Gold Book Award (2022 Best Book Website)
eLit Bronze Book Award (2022 Anthologies)
Living Now Gold Book Award (2023 Digital Media)
Living Now Gold Book Award (2022 Digital Media)
Living Now Gold Book Award (2016 Death & Dying)
Living Now Silver Book Award (2015 Inspirational Fiction)
Living Now Bronze Book Award (2015 Metaphysical)
Singapore Literature Prize (2016 English Poetry)
PEN American Center Shorts Prize (2011)
Poetry World Cup (2014)
University of Canberra Poetry on the Move Meniscus Award (2022 First Prize)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Northeast; Adult Fiction)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Northeast; Poetry)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Northeast; Spirituality)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (West; Poetry)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Midwest; Poetry)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Southwest; Anthology)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award (Southwest; Poetry)
Speak Up Talk Radio International Firebird Book Award (2024 Poetry)
Vallum New International Poetics ‘Naani’ Poetry Award
Excel For Charity Swale Life Poetry Prize & High Commendation
Cyclamens and Swords Publishing Poetry Prize
Little Red Tree Publishing International Poetry Prize (2012)
Stepping Stones Nigeria Poetry Prize
Scratch Poetry Prize
Champion of Birds Poetry Prize
Hiew Siew Nam Distinguished Academic Award (2004)
Ngee Ann Distinguished Teaching Award (2013)
Ngee Ann Distinguished Teaching Award (2001)
Ngee Ann Distinguished Teaching Award (1999)
Ngee Ann Humanities Special Incentive Award
National University of Singapore Sociology Book Prize
Singapore Armed Forces 40 SAR Company Best Soldier Award
TRYangle Project Poetry Competition Second Prize
Lupus UK Poetry Competition Second Prize
Hungry Hill ‘Poets Meet Politics’ Second Prize
New England Book Festival Runner-Up (Anthologies)
Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-Up (Anthologies)
Florida Book Festival Runner-Up (Anthologies)
Paris Book Festival Runner-Up (Anthologies)
Alan Sillitoe Open Poetry Competition Runner-Up
Georgetown Review Magazine Contest Runner-Up
Thynks Publications Ltd Serendipity Poems Runner-Up
Thynks Publications Ltd Inspirational Poems Runner-Up
Hour of Writes Runner-Up
Smartish Pace Erskine J. Poetry Third Prize (2011)
The Medulla Review Oblongata Contest Third Prize
The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition Third Prize
Thynks Publications Ltd Inspirational Poems Third Prize
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry High Distinction Award
Cutbank Patricia Goedicke Poetry Prize Publication Choice
Amsterdam Book Festival Honorable Mention (Fiction)
San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention (Fiction)
Green Book Festival Honorable Mention (Fiction)
Tupelo Press Poetry Project Honorable Mention
Artsmith Literary Award Honorable Mention
Spilling Ink Flash Fiction Prize Honorable Mention
The New Writer Magazine ‘Single Poem’ Honorable Mention
Sketchbook Journal ‘Found Poetry’ Honorable Merit
Cinnamon Press ‘Concrete Poetry’ Special Mention
Excel For Charity Swale Life Poetry High Commendation
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry High Commendation
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Commendation
Deux-Sèvres Segora Open Poetry Commendation
Mobil National Essay Writing Commendation
Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist (Fiction)
Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist (Anthology)
USA Best Book Award Finalist (Multicultural Fiction)
USA Best Book Award Finalist (Visionary Fiction)
USA Best Book Award Finalist (Death & Dying)
International Book Award Finalist (Cross Genre Fiction)
National Indie Excellence Book Award Finalist (Multicultural Fiction)
Beverly Hills International Book Award Finalist (Poetry)
USA Regional Excellence Book Award Finalist (Southeast: Anthology)
Noemi Press Poetry Chapbook Award Finalist
Arts & Letters Rumi Prize For Poetry Finalist
United Poets Laureate International Noriko Mizusaki Award Finalist
United Poets Laureate International Mary Halliburton Award Finalist
A River & Sound Review Duckabush Poetry Prize Finalist
Aquillrelle Poetry Contest Finalist
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest Finalist
Terrain.org Annual Poetry Contest Finalist
The Winter Anthology Writing Contest Finalist
Naugatuck River Review Narrative Poetry Contest Semi-Finalist
The New Guard Knightville Poetry Contest Semi-Finalist
Strokestown International Poetry Prize Short List
Limnisa Bluethumbnail Short Story Contest Short List
Flash 500 Competition Short List
Margaret Reid Traditional Verse Short List
Pank 1001 Awesome Words Short List
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize Long List
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Intro Journals Project Nominee