Dan Flanigan Awards
Mink Eyes – The Peter O’Keefe series is born amid a mink farm, the mafia, and a brutal shootout in the desert.
- 2023 Best Book Awards Finalist Legacy Fiction
The Big Tilt – Peter O’Keefe returns to save the day for his blood brother, Mike Harrigan as he tries to stay alive after the mafia puts a price on his head
- 2021 Bronze Medal Readers’ Favorite for Fiction-Crime
- 2022 Finalist IAN (Independent Author Network) Book of the Year for Thriller/Suspense
- 2022 Bronze Medal Readers’ Favorite for Fiction-Crime
- 2022 NIEA (National Indie Excellence Award) Winner for Crime Fiction
- 2023 Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Honorable Mention
- 2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize Short List
- 2023 Best Book Awards Finalist Legacy Fiction
On Lonesome Roads – Peter O’Keefe returns with new adversaries but also new allies.
- 2022 Notable 100 Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition
- 2023 IPPY Best Mystery/Thriller Ebook Silver
- 2023 NIEA (National Indie Excellence Award) Finalist for Crime Fiction
- 2023 Bronze Medal Readers’ Favorite for Fiction-Thriller
- 2023 American Fiction Awards Winner Mystery/Suspense: General
- 2023 American Fiction Awards Finalist Mystery/Suspense: Hard-Boiled Crim
- 2023 American Fiction Awards Finalist Thriller: Crime
Tenebrae: A Memoir of Love and Death – Poetry and prose collection centered around themes of love, loss, family, and change
- 2021 Finalist Readers’ Favorite for Poetry-General
- 2021 Finalist Readers’ Favorite for Poetry-Love/Romance
- 2022 Finalist IAN (Independent Author Network) Book of the Year for Grief/Hardship
- 2022 Finalist IAN (Independent Author Network) Book of the Year for Poetry
- 2022 American Book Fest “Best Book” Award, finalist in Legacy: Autobiography/Memoirs
Dewdrops – People on the Verge
- 2020-2021 Finalist, ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition
- 2021 Bronze Medal Readers’ Favorite for Fiction-Anthology
- 2022 Finalist IAN (Independent Author Network) Book of the Year for Short Story Collection
- 2022 Finalist IAN (Independent Author Network) Book of the Year for Novella
- 2022 Honorable Mention 30th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards in “Mainstream/Literary Fiction”
- “Red List” Member, Coverfly Top 20 Rated Drama Book/Manuscript Projects of All Time
- 2022 American Book Fest “Best Book” Award, finalist in Fiction-Anthologies
- 2022 American Book Fest “Best Book” Award, finalist in Fiction-Short Story
“Moondog’s Progress” – Creative telling of the rise and fall of Alan Freed, the disc jockey who popularized the term “rock ‘n roll.”
- 2020 Semifinalist ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest
- 2022 Honorable Mention in 91st Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition for “Script”
San Josef Bay, Cape Scott, Vancouver Island –
- 2023 New Millennium Writings Contest, Honorable Mention – Nonfiction