A second collection of eight prized plays. ?Hanging-Cat? Honorable Mention, Stage Play Script, Writer's Digest 2001 Writing Competition. ?The Cover Crop? as the short story ?In Hot Pursuit of Genetics and Human Behavior, ? Finalist, WordSmitten Media, Inc., TenTen Fiction Competition, 2007. The Gar Hole? as short story Second Place, Green River Tales: Short Stories, Green River Writers 2004 Contest. ?Grace-Noted Albatrosses? with A Brave Going at Fate, Fourth Place, Mindful of Miracles, 1999 Annual Awards, Poetry Society of Texas. ?Why Couldn't Mama Be a Jewish Mother Third Place, Mount Dora [Florida] Festival of Music and Literature, 2005. ?If I?m Any Judge? one of the winners, 2003 Annual Vitality Playwriting Contest. ?Barbie's Mother Calls Home? as poem, Barbie's Mother Calls Home, Second Prize, Joe Logan Short Humor Awards, Amelia, 1999.