Award Choice Academic Title Award

Named a LinkedIn Influencer (2014)

Recipient of Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait VIP Dot Award (2011)

Savannah Poet and Spoken Artist of the Year Award (2006)

New Jersey Notable Book Award (2005)

Savannah Literary Journal Best of Publication Award

Inducted into the Red Room Hall of Fame (2009)

Thomas Jefferson Journalism Award

Freedom Foundation Bronze Medal Essay Award