Awards

Selah Award Finalist

Mrs. Noah, Little Lamb Books, October 2021

Purple Dragonfly Award

Mrs. Noah, Little Lamb Books, October 2021, Honorable Mention

Mrs. Noah, Little Lamb Books, October 2021, Best First Picture Book, 2022

Northern Lights Book Awards

What the Seashell Said (Picture Book MS), Honorable Mention

2018 Katherine Paterson Prize in Young Adult and Children's Writing at Hunger Mountain

85th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Awards

O Possum’s Predicament (Picture Book MS), Honorable Mention, Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

2014 Katherine Paterson Prize in Young Adult and Children's Writing at Hunger Mountain

Dancing Grannies (Picture Book MS), Finalist

2014 SCBW Michigan Picture Book Mentorship Contest

Scratch and Sniff (Picture Book MS), 3rd Place Winner

2010 Smart Writers Amazing Story Contest

Too Big! (Picture Book MS), Third Place Winner

2010 Parenting Publications of America

"Timing is Everything When Treating Infertility," Metro Parent Magazine, Gold Medal Award for Special Section Within a Publication (Circulation of 55,000 or more)

87th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Award

Scratch and Sniff (Picture Book MS), Honorable Mention, Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

Cupine’s Perfect Dance Partner (Picture Book MS), Honorable Mention, Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

86th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Awards

Before I Sleep (Middle Grade Novel), Honorable Mention

2014 Rate Your Story Writing Contest

92nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Awards

Ida Pluck’s Cluck, Eighth Place Winner, Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

Patti Richards

Children’s Author