AWARDS

VOCAL:

• Two Wammies for Contemporary Folk Vocalist (A Wammie is an annual Washington Area Music Association award. Mary Chapin Carpenter used to win it way back in the day!)
  
  
• Four Wammies for Gospel/Inspirational Vocalist (These have also been awarded to Richard Smallwood!)

SONGWRITING:

• First Place songwriting winner in the Folk Category of the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) sponsored by the Songwriters Association of Washington)
  
  
• Silver (Second) Place winner in the Children's Category of the MASC
  
  
• First and Second Place winner in the Gospel Category of the MASC
  
  
• Two Honorable Mentions in the National Billboard Song Contest (now Billboard holds a general "Music Awards" Contest)
  
  
• Second Prize for liturgical songwriting, Seminar in the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado

RECORDING:

• Two Wammies for Contemporary Folk Recording:
  • "Small Braveries" (2012)
  • "Peace of Wild Things" (2008)
    
    
• CDs and songs have been listed as annual favorites by community and public radio DJs, such as the following:
  
  
  • WAMC-FM's Wanda Fischer, "Hudson River Sampler"
    
    
  • WFDU's Bill Hahn, "Traditions" and "Sunday Simcha"
    
    
  • WXOU's Maggie Ferguson, host of "Old Front Porch Radio Show"
    
    
• Acknowledged as one of "Rich's Picks" by Rich Warren, host of "The Midnight Special" on WFMT radio and host of a nationally syndicated folk show by the same name
  
  
• Recordings have appeared repeatedly on both the top song and CD annual, monthly, and weekly charts posted by Folk DJs on Folk DJ-L