♣2nd place: 2014 national association of newspaper columnists, humor columns: smart cookie, love on sale, the skinny
♠1st place: 2013 national association of newspaper columnists, humor columns: dumb & dumber, eat your feelings and semi-pro
♥1st place: 2012 national association of newspaper columnists, humor columns: far out, most alarming and i like mike
♦1st place: 2012 california newspaper publishers association, best columns: far out and most alarming
♥May, 2012 Erma Bombeck Humor Writer of the Month
♣Winner by default, 1966 brookview elementary school hula hoop championship, 3rd grade division