AWARDS • ACCOMPLISHMENTS
(2020)
ART CONTEST AWARD
1st place, Adult Category, Backyard Wildlife Painting Contest by Paws Animal Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. (PAWS)
CHILDREN'S BOOK CONTEST AWARDS
Silver award, Children's Books, Will You Still Love Me? A Puppy Haiku Story,
Northern California Publishers and Authors Book Competition 2020
Silver award, Cover and Inner Layout, Will You Still Love Me? A Puppy Haiku Story,
Northern California Publishers and Authors Book Competition 2020
HAIKU AND TANKA CONTESTS AWARDS
December winner, TRIVENI Haikai Calendar Contest, 2021
2nd Place, Mix Media Catergory, Jane Reichhold Haiga Contest
3rd Place, 31st Indi Kukai
Top Ten, Seabeck Haiku Getaway Annual Kukai
Semi-Finalist in February, New Haiku Grand Prix (Ito En) North America
Semi-Finalist in March, New Haiku Grand Prix (Ito En) North America
Shortlisted, Weighing Raindrops Haiku Contest
Selected Haiku, 12th Yamadera Basho Museum English Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, International Haiku Contest by the Haiku Society of Constanta
Honorable Mention, Fujisan Tanka Contest
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BOOKS PUBLISHED BY PURPLE COTTON CANDY ARTS
Frankie and Johnny's Sleepover by Michael H. Lester
The Naughty Angel by Gillena Cox
Our Christmas Lantern by Christine L. Villa (coming soon in February)
BOOKS PUBLISHED BY VELVET DUSK PUBLISHING
Into the Warp and Woof: The Best of Frameless Sky, Volume 1
Catching Sunrays by Bakhtiyar Amini
PUBLISHING SERVICES FOR OTHER AUTHORS
A Hole in My Haiku by Susan Beth Furst
Bat Girl Zoe by Zoe and Sherry Grant (coming soon in February)
POETRY JOURNALS EDITED (TOTAL OF 5 ISSUES)
Ribbons Winter 2019, Ribbons Spring/Summer 2019 and Ribbons Fall 2020
Frameless Sky 12 and Frameless Sky 13
HAIKU, TANKA, HAIGA, HAIBUN, TANKA PROSE, AND CHERITA PUBLISHED IN VARIOUS POETRY JOURNALS
total of at least 50
STORIES AND OTHER POEMS PUBLISHED IN NCPA ANTHOLOGIES
Traveling With My Best Friend in Seoul, Korea, Destination: The World: Volume 1 (NCPA Anthology Book 3)
A Trilogy of Holiday Celebrations in the Philippines, All Holidays 2020 First Annual (NCPA Anthology Book 4)
POETRY CONTESTS AS JUDGE
Sonic Boom Senryu Contest
HPNC Contest, tanka category
SHORT VIDEOS AND BOOK TRAILERS
2020 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
TSA 20th Anniversary Taiga Showcase
Book Trailer of A Hole in My Haiku
Sneak Preview of Frameless Sky 12
Sneak Preview of Frameless Sky 13
(2020)
ART CONTEST AWARD
1st place, Adult Category, Backyard Wildlife Painting Contest by Paws Animal Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. (PAWS)
CHILDREN'S BOOK CONTEST AWARDS
Silver award, Children's Books, Will You Still Love Me? A Puppy Haiku Story,
Northern California Publishers and Authors Book Competition 2020
Silver award, Cover and Inner Layout, Will You Still Love Me? A Puppy Haiku Story,
Northern California Publishers and Authors Book Competition 2020
HAIKU AND TANKA CONTESTS AWARDS
December winner, TRIVENI Haikai Calendar Contest, 2021
2nd Place, Mix Media Catergory, Jane Reichhold Haiga Contest
3rd Place, 31st Indi Kukai
Top Ten, Seabeck Haiku Getaway Annual Kukai
Semi-Finalist in February, New Haiku Grand Prix (Ito En) North America
Semi-Finalist in March, New Haiku Grand Prix (Ito En) North America
Shortlisted, Weighing Raindrops Haiku Contest
Selected Haiku, 12th Yamadera Basho Museum English Haiku Contest
Honorable Mention, International Haiku Contest by the Haiku Society of Constanta
Honorable Mention, Fujisan Tanka Contest
~~~
BOOKS PUBLISHED BY PURPLE COTTON CANDY ARTS
Frankie and Johnny's Sleepover by Michael H. Lester
The Naughty Angel by Gillena Cox
Our Christmas Lantern by Christine L. Villa (coming soon in February)
BOOKS PUBLISHED BY VELVET DUSK PUBLISHING
Into the Warp and Woof: The Best of Frameless Sky, Volume 1
Catching Sunrays by Bakhtiyar Amini
PUBLISHING SERVICES FOR OTHER AUTHORS
A Hole in My Haiku by Susan Beth Furst
Bat Girl Zoe by Zoe and Sherry Grant (coming soon in February)
POETRY JOURNALS EDITED (TOTAL OF 5 ISSUES)
Ribbons Winter 2019, Ribbons Spring/Summer 2019 and Ribbons Fall 2020
Frameless Sky 12 and Frameless Sky 13
HAIKU, TANKA, HAIGA, HAIBUN, TANKA PROSE, AND CHERITA PUBLISHED IN VARIOUS POETRY JOURNALS
total of at least 50
STORIES AND OTHER POEMS PUBLISHED IN NCPA ANTHOLOGIES
Traveling With My Best Friend in Seoul, Korea, Destination: The World: Volume 1 (NCPA Anthology Book 3)
A Trilogy of Holiday Celebrations in the Philippines, All Holidays 2020 First Annual (NCPA Anthology Book 4)
POETRY CONTESTS AS JUDGE
Sonic Boom Senryu Contest
HPNC Contest, tanka category
SHORT VIDEOS AND BOOK TRAILERS
2020 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest
TSA 20th Anniversary Taiga Showcase
Book Trailer of A Hole in My Haiku
Sneak Preview of Frameless Sky 12
Sneak Preview of Frameless Sky 13
