AWARDS & HONORS

  • THE BURNING BED - Writers Guild of America Award, Best Dramatic Adaptation; Emmy Nomination,Outstanding writing; American Women in Radio and TV Award; Humanitarian Award for Drama, L.A. Commission on Assaults Against Women; honored by The American Film Institute, as part of the permanent collection.
  • STONE PILLOW - Religion in Media AWARD, Best TV Drama.
  • Humanitas Award Nominations: STONE PILLOW, THE BURNING BED, BORN BEAUTIFUL, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, LAND OF HOPE.
  • Elected to YWCA Academy of Women Achievers.
  • National Library of Poetry - Editors' Choice, Outstanding Achievement in Poetry
  • STORY MAGAZINE Award - Famous Fiction Competition
  • MOTHER AND DAUGHTER: THE LOVING WAR - Writers Guild of America Best Drama Nomination; American Women in Radio and Television Award.
  • LETTERS HOME - Best Play of The Year, L. A. Times, awards
    at many international festivals.
  • PICON PIE – L.A. Ovation award nomination, best new musical
  • GANDHIJI - L. A. Times Award, chosen for O'Neill Conference;
    in Burns Mantle's Best Plays of l982-l983
  • APPLES IN EDEN - Concord Bicentennial Contest Award
  • THE RABINOWITZ GAMBIT - 1st Prize, Sullivan County Drama Award
  • N. J. State Council on the Arts Grant for THE MERRY WAR
  • RITES OF PASSAGE - Honored by OADR; Fairleigh Dickinson U. grant.
  • Elected to Membership in the NEW DRAMATISTS.
  • Fairleigh Dickinson U. Grant for WOMEN IN THEATER
  • VOICES IN MY HEAD - Earplay Purchase Award, Armstrong Award for Best Radio Drama
  • YOU'RE IT: Nat'l Visual Presentation Assoc. Award, Sales Execs.Club of N. Y. Award, Certificate of Merit, American Film Festival
  • Ford Foundation Award, TV drama: THE PENCIL BOX WAR
  • American Theater Wing Playwriting Scholarship Award
  • ATLANTIC MONTHLY Poetry Award