2002 International Poet Of The Year nominee 2002 International Poet Of Merit Award January 2002 Editor's Choice Award 2002 Inductee of The International Society of Poets First appearance in Ebony magazine (November 2003 issue) on page 201. 2003 Member of the Writers' League of Texas (Austin, Texas) 2004 Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson award for poetry-presented by Grambling State University 2004 International Who's Who In Poetry-The only American featured poet for that year 2006 Pinkie Carolyn Wilkerson award for poetry-presented by Grambling State University 2006 Poetry writer for Black College Toda...