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  • "Birth of the Win Shot" and 4 Saluki Breed Columns, 2025 DWAA Writing Contest finalist

  • “Westward HOUND!” and “The Other Two Gentlemen of Verona,” 2024 DWAA Writing Contest finalist

  • “An Ancient Hound Meets the New World,” DWAA Maxwell Award 2016

  • “Ildico’s Gaze,” color photograph, Alliance of Purebred Dog Writers Best Media 2012 & AKC Photo Contest Honorable Mention 2012

  • "Farid's Gift", DWAA Award for Best Short Fiction in 2010 & AKC Publications Fiction Contest, 3rd Place, 2010

  • Saluki – Best Breed Book DWAA Writing Contest, 2009

  • “They Would Do It For You,” AKC Gazette Column selected for Spotlight in August, 2007

  • “Djemma Flys,” black & white photograph, Honorable Mention: American Kennel Club Dogs in Motion Photography Contest, 2003

WRITING & PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS AND HONORS
AFFILIATIONS
  • Dog Writers Association of America

  • The Daguerreian Society

  • The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco (a Baker Street Irregulars Scion)

  • Directors of Educational Technology/California Higher Education

  • Little Big Horn Associates

  • Saluki Club of America (former President)

  • Saluki Club of Greater San Francisco (former President)

PRESENTATIONS
  • Daguerreian Society Annual Symposium, Hartford, CT, 2025

  • Daguerreian Society Annual Symposium, Houston, TX, 2024

  • Monroe County Historical Museum and Ellis Library, Monroe, MI, 2019

  • Little Big Horn Associates Annual Conference, Sheridan, WY, 2019

  • Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, Annual Symposium, Hardin, MT, 2019

  • Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, Hardin, MT, 2017

  • Author's Recognition Event, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 2017

  • Saluki Club of America, Eastern Regional Specialty, East Windsor, CT, 2015

  • Saluki Breed Conference, Västerås, Sweden, 2012

  • Saluki Club of Canada National Specialty, Winnipeg, 2012

  • Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA, 2010

  • West Hills Community College, CA, 2010

  • Turlock Women’s Club, CA, 2010

  • California State University, Stanislaus, Author’s Talk, 2009

  • Saluki World Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 2008

  • Festival of the Saluki, Cambridge, UK, 2007

  • Saluki Club of America, National Specialty, Lexington, KY, 2004 & 2005

  • Saluki Club of America, Western Regional Specialty, Pleasanton, CA, 2005

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