Nominated for Best of the Net Award, 2021
Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University, 2019
Nominated for Best Small Fictions Anthology, 2019
Awarded FAC Grant, Bentley University, 2018
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2018
Finalist for Poet Laureate of Somerville, 2017
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2015
Finalist for Poet Laureate of Somerville, 2014
Poet of the Moment, MassPoetry.org, 2013
Teacher of the Year, Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, 2008
Nominated for Best Thesis, Hamline University, 2003
First Place for Poetry, Kamelian, 1994
Second Place for Poetry, Kamelian, 1994
Honorable Mention, Davenport Poetry Contest, 1993
Ralph Pennel 