Awards

Award for an article, “Old Friends, New Friends,” National Federation of Press Women in 2013

Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award in 2011

RWA-PRO status in 2009

President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2008

Communicator of Achievement Award, North Carolina Press Club in 2007

Award for a photojournalism article on home schooling, National Federation of Press Women in 2007

Communicator of Achievement Award, Illinois Woman’s Press Association in 1995

Memberships

North Carolina Writers’ Network

North Carolina Writers’ Network-South Brunswick Group

North Carolina Press Club

National Federation of Press Women

Women’s Fiction Writers Association