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Awards

Society of American Travel Writers

2022 - Excellence in Craft - Western Chapter

Award for "6 Ways to Experience Key West Hemingway Style" in Florida Rambler.

Florida Outdoor Writers Association

2021 - Excellence in Craft

1st Place, Magazine Short Feature: Remote Islands in the Florida Keys, Florida Rambler 2nd Place, Conservation Story: Researchers Unravel the Secrets of Silver Rice Rats, Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges 3rd Place, Magazine Feature: Talk Like a Native in Key West, Florida Rambler 3rd Place, Outdoor Travel Story: 12 Keys Animals Not to Miss, Florida Rambler

Florida Outdoor Writers Association

2020 - Excellence in Craft

2nd Place, Magazine Feature: Call of Duty, National Parks magazine 1st Place Blog Post and 2nd Place, Magazine Short Feature: Letter From the Keys, Week 6 of Quarantine, Florida Rambler

Outdoor Writers Association of America

2019 - Excellence in Craft

For "The Tiny Florida Butterfly That Refuses to Become Extinct" article in Atlas Obscura.

Florida Outdoor Writers Association

2019 - Excellence in Craft

1st Place, Magazine Short Feature: Old Man In the Keys, Florida Traveler

Florida Outdoor Writers Association

2018 - Excellence in Craft

1st Place, Magazine Feature: A Skink Story, Bright Tale of a Lowly Lizard, Keys Style Magazine 3rd Place, Magazine Feature: The Meaning of the Chug, National Parks Magazine 3rd Place, Magazine Short Feature: The Tiny Blue Butterfly that Refuses to Become Extinct

Florida Outdoor Writers' Association Excellence in Craft

2018 - Book

First Place for Quixotic's Key West & The Lower Keys Travel Guide

American Book Awards

2017 - Travel Book

First Place for Quixotic's Key West & the Lower Keys Travel Guide

American Book Awards

2017 - Best Interior Graphic Design

Finalist, for Quixotic's Key West & the Lower Keys Travel Guide

University of Montana, School of Journalism

1996 - Graduated magna cum laude (High Honors)