Winner — Best Fiction: First Prize
Los Angeles Black Book Expo — 2005

Winner — Best Books 2005 Awards
USABookNews.com

Winner — Fresh Voices Book Award
Writer’s Marketing Association — 2006

Winner — Book Award for Best Fiction, Cheryl’s Choice
Just About Books Talk Show with Executive Producer Cheryl Robinson — 2005

Fiction Honor Award
Black Caucus of the American Library Association — 2006

Bronze Award — ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year
2005

Finalist — Cushcity’s Best New Author Award
2006

Semi-Finalist — Independent Publisher Book Awards
2005

Honorable Mention — Hollywood Book Festival
2006

Honorable Mention — New York Book Festival
2007