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  • Best Short Script, LA International Horror Film Festival 2023
  • Best Written Screenplay - Short, New York Long Island Film Festival 2023 
  • Coverfly's Red List Horror Shorts July 2023
  • Best Short Film Screenplay, Horror Showfest 2023 
  • ​Best Sci-Fi Screenplay (Over 20 Pages) & Best Horror Screenplay (Over 20 Pages), The NOVA Fest 2023
  • Bronze Winner Best Sci-Fi Screenplay, OZ Indie Film Festival 2023
  • Best Short Script, Diabolical Horror Film Festival 2022
  • Best Short Screenplay, Screaming Ostrich International Film Festival 2022
  • Best Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival 2022
  • Best Short Horror/Sci-Fi Screenplay, Silicon Beach Film Festival 2022
  • Best Sci-Fi Featurette Screenplay, Wallachia International Film Festival 2022
  • Screenplay Contest Winner: Chicago Horror Film Festival 2022
  • Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting (Short), Oil Valley Film Festival 2022
  • Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Script, Druk International Film Festival 2022 
  • Bronze Remi-Award, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2022 *Canadian Screen Awards Qualifying
  • 4th Place Sci-Fi Short Script, The International Horror Hotel 2022
  • Honorable Mention: Screenplay, Top Shorts Film Festival 2022
  • Nominated: Best Horror Film Screenplay, Georgia Shorts Film Festival 2023
  • Nominated: Best Comedy Screenplay (Over 20 Pages), The NOVA Fest 2023 
  • Nominated: Best Horror Short Screenplay Award Finalist, Oregon Screams Horror Film Festival 2023
  • Nominated: Best Unproduced Script (Short), Thrills & Chills Film Awards (Halloween Edition
  • Nominated: Best Short Script,​ Indie Short Fest 2022    
  • Nominated: Best Short Screenplay, Ethereal Horror Fest 2022
  • Nominated: Best Short Script, IndieX Film Fest 2022 
  • Nominated: Screenplay of the Month, Festigious International Film Festival 2022 
  • Nominated: Screenplay of the Month, Los Angeles Film Awards 2022  
  • Nominated: Best Short Script, Swedish International Film Festival 2022  
  • Finalist: Hollywood Horrorfest 2023
  • Finalist: Scream Queen Film Festival 2023
  • Finalist: Stafford Film Festival 2022
  • Finalist: California Women's Film Festival 2022
  • Finalist: Out of the Can International Film Festival 2022
  • Finalist: Las Vegas International Film &  Screenwriting Festival 2022
  • Finalist: 13horror.com 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: Lit Scares International Film Festival 2023 
  • Semi-Finalist: Richmond International Film Festival 2023
  • Semi-Finalist: MidWest WeirdFest 2023
  • Semi-Finalist: Film Fest LA @ LA Live 2022 
  • Semi-Finalist: London International Screenwriting Competition 2022 
  • Semi-Finalist: L.A. Sci-Fi & Horror 2022
  • Semi-Finalist: Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 *Academy-Qualifying, *BAFTA Qualifying, and *Canadian Screen Awards-Qualifying   
  • Quarter-Finalist: New York International Screenplay Awards (NYISA) 2023 
  • Quarter-Finalist: Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards 2023
  • Quarter-Finalist: Boston Horror Comedy Film Festival 2022
  • Quarter-Finalist: Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2022 *Academy- Qualifying 
ATTACHMENT
  • ​Best Dark Comedy, Festigious International Film Festival 2017
  • Best Message, Top Indie Film Awards 2017
  • Best Actress In An Indie Film, Top Shorts Online Film Festival 2017
  • Honorable Mention: Indie Film, New York Film Awards 2017
  • Nominated: Best Woman Filmmaker and Best Narrative Short Film, Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2017 
  • Nominated: Best Director, Best Original Idea, and Best Humor, Top Indie Film Awards 2017
  • Finalist: Onrios Film Awards 2017
  • Semi-Finalist: International New York Film Festival 2018
  • Semi-Finalist: Los Angeles Cinefest 2017
CHALLAH FOR CAROLINE
  • Nominated: Best Pandemic Inspired Short, New York Long Island Film Festival 2021 
  • Finalist: MicroMania Film Festival 2021
CHASING LOVE
  • Best Unproduced Screenplay, Grove Film Festival 2021
  • Best First Time Screenwriter (Short), Los Angeles Film Awards 2018 
  • Nominated: Best Short Script Top Indie Film Awards 2018 
  • Semi-Finalist: Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition 2021
  • Semi-Finalist: Hollywood Just4Shorts Screenplay Competition 2020
  • Quarter-Finalist: Chicago Screenplay Awards 2021
  • Quarter-Finalist: HollyShorts Film Festival Screenwriting Competition 2019 *Academy- Qualifying

AWARDS

DANCING QUEENS
  • Best Unproduced Screenplay, Grove Film Festival 2025
  • Semi-Finalist: MindField Film Festival - Albuquerque 2025
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  • Nominated: Best Short Film, Grove Film Festival 2025

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PRESS

FILM FESTIVAL
PRE-SCREENER

  • Revolution Me Film Festival Brooklyn, NY 
  • Oxford Film Festival Oxford, MS
  • San Diego International Film Festival San Diego, CA
  • Nashville Film Festival Nashville, TN
  • Austin Film Festival Austin, TX
  • Portland Film Festival Portland, OR
  • Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta, GA

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & SCREENINGS

  • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Film Screening 2025
  •  Rome Prisma Film Awards​ 2025
  • San Diego Movie Award 2025
  • GAYpril Film Screening 2025
  • East Village New York Film Festival 2025 
  • Women's History Month Film Screening 2025 
  • Beim-ish Productions Film Screening Fundraiser 2025
  • Coverfly's Red List Horror Short (Top 20 of the Month) July 2023
  • Creative World Awards (CWA) 2023 
  • Film Invasion LA 2023
  • Horror Bowl Movie Awards 2022
  • Moody Crab Film Fest 2022
  • Adbhooture Film Festival 2022
  • Underground Indie Film Festival 2022
  • Script Summit Screenplay Competition 2021
  • The Midnight Film Festival 2021
  • International Women's Film Festival 2018
  • The IndieFEST Film Awards 2018
  • Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival 2017
  • Screen Swap: Hollins and Roanoke College 175th Anniversary 2017
  • Silver Screen for Short Films 2017
  • Lady's First International Film Festival 2017 | Cork, Ireland 
  • First Exposure Student Film Festival 2013
  • Long Island Media Arts Show 2013

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