Awards and Honors
2022 Writers Guild of America East, short play selected for spring fundraising Gala: Tempus Futurum
2021 Jewish Plays Project 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest, Honorable Mention: Of the Better Kind
2020 Writers Guild of America East, monologue selected for spring fundraising Gala: The Purge
2019 Vermont Department of Mental Health, Think Tank participant
2019 Writers Guild Initiative, Online Mentoring, Playwriting/Screenwriting/TV
2018 Fowler Dune Shack Writer's Residency, Provincetown Community Compact, Cape Cod, Recipient
2017 Burlington City Arts Community Fund, Grant Recipient
2016 Theatre Kavanah, Play Commission
2014 Middlebury Town Hall Theater Pop-up Plays, Playwright: Respite
2009 Burlington City "Champion of Diversity and Equity"--first ever teacher recipient
2007 Burlington Schools Foundation, $10,000 grant awarded to create mosaic installation for Burlington Public Schools
2006 Semi-Finalist, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, Anna’s Journal
2004 Grand Prize, trip to Alaska to attend digital science and storytelling camp, Green Mountain Movie Competition, Vermont School Boards Association
2002 Second-Rounder Badge, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Dramatically Incorrect
1998 Burlington School District, grant recipient of three-week trip to China through University of Vermont Department of Asian Studies
1996 Best of the Year, Awards Portfolio of Media and Methods magazine, video: How to Make Great Videos with Just a Camcorder
1995 Excellent Ratings, Booklist and Video Rating Guide for Libraries, video: KnuckleHead’s Electric Safety Series
1993 First-Place, Birmingham International Education Film Festival, video: Simple Things you can do to Save Energy: The Power is in your Hands
1983 Mayor’s Peace Prize, Burlington, Vermont
1980 Research Fellowship, University of Vermont Department of Natural Resources
2021 Jewish Plays Project 10th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest, Honorable Mention: Of the Better Kind
2020 Writers Guild of America East, monologue selected for spring fundraising Gala: The Purge
2019 Vermont Department of Mental Health, Think Tank participant
2019 Writers Guild Initiative, Online Mentoring, Playwriting/Screenwriting/TV
2018 Fowler Dune Shack Writer's Residency, Provincetown Community Compact, Cape Cod, Recipient
2017 Burlington City Arts Community Fund, Grant Recipient
2016 Theatre Kavanah, Play Commission
2014 Middlebury Town Hall Theater Pop-up Plays, Playwright: Respite
2009 Burlington City "Champion of Diversity and Equity"--first ever teacher recipient
2007 Burlington Schools Foundation, $10,000 grant awarded to create mosaic installation for Burlington Public Schools
2006 Semi-Finalist, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, Anna’s Journal
2004 Grand Prize, trip to Alaska to attend digital science and storytelling camp, Green Mountain Movie Competition, Vermont School Boards Association
2002 Second-Rounder Badge, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Dramatically Incorrect
1998 Burlington School District, grant recipient of three-week trip to China through University of Vermont Department of Asian Studies
1996 Best of the Year, Awards Portfolio of Media and Methods magazine, video: How to Make Great Videos with Just a Camcorder
1995 Excellent Ratings, Booklist and Video Rating Guide for Libraries, video: KnuckleHead’s Electric Safety Series
1993 First-Place, Birmingham International Education Film Festival, video: Simple Things you can do to Save Energy: The Power is in your Hands
1983 Mayor’s Peace Prize, Burlington, Vermont
1980 Research Fellowship, University of Vermont Department of Natural Resources