AWARDS

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National Media Awards | Honors And Recognition

Screenplay Accolades

Second Set (TV Pilot) More Info
WINNER Stowe Story Labs 2023 Law Firm of Stacy A Davis Fellowship, WINNER BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY California Women’s Film Festival Winter 2024, WINNER BEST FEMALE SCREENWRITER  Los Angeles CineFest 2024, WINNER BEST COMEDY TELEPLAY Portland Comedy Film Festival 2023, WINNER BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SCREENPLAY Golden State Film Festival 2023, FINALIST COMEDY TV PILOT LA Internation Script Competition 2024, FINALIST Wiki Screenplay Contest-Dec 2022, SEMIFINALIST Cinequest 2023-24, SEMIFINALIST Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition, SEMIFINALIST Scriptmatix Pilot Season 2024, SEMIFINALIST Scriptmatix Fellowship 2023, SEMIFINALIST Mad Wife Productions Fellowship 2023, QUARTERFINALIST Filmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 7, QUARTERFINALIST CineStory TV Fellowship & Retreat, QUARTERFINALIST ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition 2024, QUARTERFINALIST Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Cometition, QUARTERFINALIST Filmatic Inroads Fellowship Season 6, QUARTERFINALIST Filmatic TV Pilot Awards Season 8, OFFICIAL SELECTION Women’s Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta.

Northern Voice More Info
FINALIST California Women’s Film Festival (Winter 2023), SEMIFINALIST Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards 2023, SEMIFINALIST Santa Barbara International Screenwriting Contest 2023, SEMIFINALIST ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition 2023, SEMIFINALIST Reno-Tahoe Screenwriting Contest, SEMIFINALIST Sunvale Screenplay Contest 2023, QUARTERFINALIST Stage 32 TV Drama Contest 2023, QUARTERFINALIST Mad Wife Productions Fellowship 2023, OFFICIAL SELECTION Golden State Film Festival 2023, OFFICIAL SELECTION Big Apple Film Festival (Winter 2022),  AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2023 BEA Faculty Festival of Media Arts.

Desert Belles More Info
WINNER ACTION ADVENTURE FEATURE LA International Script Competition 2024, BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE Switzerland Film Festival-February 2024, FEATURE WINNER Wiki Screenplay Contest-May 2023, FINALIST Stage 32 Grown-up Movies Screenplay Contest 2024, FINALIST Mad Wife Productions Fellowship 2023, QUARTERFINALIST ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024, QUARTERFINALIST CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship 2023, QUARTERFINALIST ScreenCraft 2023 Action Adventure, QUARTERFINALIST Portuguese Golden Lemur International Film Festival, OFFICIAL SELECTION Golden State Film Festival 2024, OFFICIAL SELECTION Toronto International Women Film Festival 2024, OFFICIAL SELECTION LA Independent Women Film Awards 2024, SELECTION Rocaberti Writers Retreat Scholarship 2023.

Ladies Club More Info
QUARTERFINALIST CineStory Feature Retreat and Fellowship 2022, OFFICIAL SELECTION Sacramento International Film Festival 2022, OFFICIAL SELECTION Toronto International Women Film Festival 2022.

National Awards For Media

2024 Switzerland Film Fest and Screenwriting Competition, Best Documentary: Sierra Odyssey documentary.

2024 Accolade Global Film Competition, Award of Merit: Sierra Odyssey documentary.

2024 Global Shorts, Finalist: Sierra Odyssey documentary.

2024 Communicator Awards, Award of Distinction: Untold Stories: The Portuguese Festa in Central California documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5fj8FdJNY

Bronze Telly Award.

2024 Telly Awards, Bronze Award: Untold Stories: The Portuguese Festa in Central California documentary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5fj8FdJNY

2024 Global Shorts, Untold Stories: The Portuguese Festa in Central California documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5fj8FdJNY

2022 ACM West, Finalist: Kings Literacy Initiative Pact documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT92zwg2oPw

Silver Telly Award

2021 Telly Awards, Silver Award: Untold Stories: Portuguese-Americans Along the 99 Corridor documentary. https://youtu.be/KA9eBxkxdW8

Bronze Telly Award.

2021 Telly Awards, Bronze Award: Kings Literacy Initiative Pact documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT92zwg2oPw

2021 Telly Awards, Bronze Award: Darkside theatre teleplay video.

2021 Communicator Awards, Award of Distinction: Untold Stories: Portuguese-Americans Along the 99 Corridor documentary. https://youtu.be/KA9eBxkxdW8

College/Career Bootcamp Basic Training promotional video. Award of Distinction, Communicator Awards, May 2019, https://youtu.be/T9OSwYIJ-AM

Lucinda y Las Flores de la Nochebuena multicamera opera performance. Award of Distinction, Communicator Awards, May 2017. https://youtu.be/7ikz-u2YYho

College Career Bootcamp video documentary. Gold Award, Marcom Awards, October 2015. Award of Recognition, Accolade Global Film Competition, September 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk069cJS1GQ

College Next Bootcamp: The Presentation video documentary. Bronze People’sTelly Award, May 2015. AVA Digital Awards Honorable Mention, February 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KP_g-yYDg

Communicator Award of Excellence

North vs. South USTA Team Wheelchair Tennis Challenge video documentary. Communicator Awards Award of Excellence, May 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KP_g-yYDg

MarCom Gold Award

Northstar Tennis Adult Camps promotional documentary. Bronze People’s Telly Award, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4gTvgwjEaI.

Northstar Tennis Campaign Web-based multimedia campaign, 2009 MarCom Awards, Gold. (Producer, videographer, photographer, editor.)

The Breath of Life Video documentary segment. 2006 Aurora Awards, Gold Award; 2006 Telly Awards, Bronze Award, 2005 Communicator Awards; Crystal Award of Excellence; 2005 CSU Media Arts Festival Third Place Documentary. (Producer, co-videographer, editor.)

Silver Telly Award

CSU Summer Arts Celebrates the Blues TV cablecast. 2006 Telly Awards, Silver Award. (Producer documentary video segments.) http://cmac.tv/show/?id=82

Northstar Tennis Website. 2005 MarCom Awards, Gold. (Web designer, photographer.) http://www.northstartennis.com


Honors and Recognition

2021 Outstanding Faculty Publications, College of Arts and Humanities, California State University, Fresno. Candace Egan: Darkside teleplay video, To Thine Own Self Be True: Gender, Sexuality and the Bard teleplay video Untold Stories: Portuguese Americans Along the 99 Corridor documentary, Kings Literacy Initiative Pact documentary.

2018 The Paul V. Sheehan Service Award, Department of Media, Communications and Journalism, California State University, Fresno.

2017 Spirit of Service Award for Faculty Service-Learning, California State University, Fresno.

2016 Outstanding Advisor Award nominee, California State University, Fresno.

2015 BEA Ignite: Narrative Story Development: The Storymatic Exercise. One of eleven finalists selected to showcase their teaching at the BEA Ignite session at the 2015 Broadcast Education Association annual convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 14, 2015. Program Abstract | Presentation: https://beaignite.wordpress.com/ignite2015/

2011 Faculty and Staff Honor Roll, California State University, Fresno. Selected as a faculty member who influenced graduating student’s success.

2010 Provost’s Technology in Education Award, nominee, California State University, Fresno.

2006 Fellow, Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Seminar, Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, UC Berkeley. May 21-26, 2006. Only academic among 16 journalists selected from 160 applicants.