2026

Outstanding Achievement - Evanston / Big Fork Art Festival - Evanston, Illinois - August, 2026.

Best in Show (Photography) - Prairie Village Arts Festival - Prairie Village, Kansas - May, 2026.

2025

Best in Show - Art on the Fox - Algonquin, Illinois - September, 2025.

Scott Amdur Memorial Award (in memory of the festival producer's brother) - Port Clinton Art Festival - Highland Park, Illinois - August, 2025.

Best in Category: Photrography - Evanston / Big Fork Art Festival - Evanston, Illinois - August, 2025.

Best in Category: Photrography - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2025.

2024

Best in Category: Photography - Art on the Fox - Algonquin, Illinois - September, 2024.

Outstanding Achievement - Third Ward Art Festival - Milwaukee, Wisconsin -August/September, 2024.

Scott Amdur Memorial Award (in memory of the festival producer's brother) - Port Clinton Art Festival - Highland Park, Illinois - August, 2024.

Outstanding Achievement - Evanston / Big Fork Art Festival - Evanston, Illinois -August, 2024.

Outstanding Achievement - Magnificent Mile Art Festival - Chicago, Illinois -June, 2024.

Best in Category: Photrography - Gold Coast Art Fair - Chicago, IL - June, 2024.

Outstanding Achievement - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2024.

2nd Place: Photography (for "I Still Don't Believe It") - Saint George Art Festival - Saint George, UT - March, 2024.

Best in Show (2D) - Art Fest Naples Invitational at Fleischmann Park - Naples, FL - January, 2024.

2023

Outstanding Achievement - Third Ward Art Festival - Milwaukee, WI - September, 2023.

2nd Place: Photography - Port Clinton Art Festival - Highland Park, IL - August, 2023.

Best in Category: Photography - Evanston / Big Fork Art Festival - Evanston, IL - August, 2023.

Best in Category: Photography - Crosby Festival of the Arts - Toledo, Ohio - June, 2023.

2022

Judges Choice Award for "Montane Mansion 1" - MOCA Boardwalk Art Show - Virginia Beach, Virginia - October, 2022.

3rd Place: Photography - Port Clinton Art Festival - Highland Park, Illinois - August, 2022.

Honorable Mention - Summerfair Cincinnati - Cincinnati, Ohio - June, 2022.

Best of Category (Photography) - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2022.

3rd Place - Individual piece, "Kanarraville Falls" - Saint George Art Festival, Saint George, Utah - April, 2022.

Award of Merit - Boca Raton Museum Art Festival in Mizner Park - Boca Raton, Florida - February, 2022.

2nd Place: Photography - Coconut Grove Art Festival - Coconut Grove, Florida - February, 2022.

2019

Jury Award (Automatic invitation to 2020 show) - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts - State College, Pennsylvania - July, 2019

Art Award (only fine art award given at a show with ~200 artists) - Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival - Greensburg, Pennsylvania - July, 2019

Award of Merit - Omaha Summer Arts Festival - Omaha, Nebraska - June, 2019

Best of Category (Photography) - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2019

Award of Distinction - Saint John's River Festival of the Arts - Sanford, Florida - May, 2019

2018

2nd Place: Photography - Port Clinton Art Festival - Highland Park, Illinois - August, 2018

Best in Show - Lincolnshire Art Festival - Lincolnshire, Illinois - August, 2018

Best of Category (Photography) - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2018

2017

Best of Category (Photography) - Ridgway Rendezvous Arts and Craft Fair - Ridgway, Colorado - August, 2017

Best of Category (Photography) - Barrington Art Fest - Barrington, Illinois - May, 2017

Belleville Rotary Club $1000 Purchase Award (for "Moose Falls in Autumn") - Art on the Square (Art Fair Sourcebook's #1 Show in the Country) - Belleville, Illinois - May, 2017

Award of Excellence ($2000 2nd place award among over 150 artists) - Mayfaire by the Lake - Lakeland, Florida - May, 2017

Honorable Mention (1 of 6 awards given among 300 artists) - Inman Park Spring Festival - Atlanta, Georgia - April, 2017 

2nd Place: Photography (Awarded for "Bryce Point Sunrise") - St. George Art Festival - St. George, Utah - April, 2017

Juror's Choice Award (1 of 2 awards given among 120 artists) - Arts in the Square - Frisco, Texas - April, 2017 

2016

2nd Place: Photography - 45th Annual Chamber South, South Miami Art Festival - Miami, Florida - November, 2016

Best Photograph (Awarded for "Pawnee Buttes at Sunset") - Art From the Heart - Greeley, Colorado - Summer 2016