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Released May 1, 2020!

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First Place for Print Humor, National Society of Newspaper Columnists Column Competition, 2018

Humor Writer of the Month, Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop, 2018

President, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, 2016-2018

Vice President, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, 2014-2016

Second Place Online Media, National Society of Newspaper Columnists Column Competition, 2013

Semi-Finalist, Robert Benchley Society Humor Writing Competition, 2013


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