AWARDS
WRITING & ARTS AWARDS
2022, November
Tisch Talent Guild (TTG) Film Fest
MISSING LOVE (Music Video), Selected and Best Directing Award
2022, September
Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) Norm Strung Youth Writing Contest
A TASTE OF IRON, Third Place
2022, January
Scholastic Writing Awards
A TASTE OF IRON, Gold Key – Flash Fiction
THE BAGEL SHOP THAT USED TO KNOW ME, Silver Key – Personal Memoir
AVAM KINETIC SCULPTURE RACE, Silver Key – Journalism
THE BALTIMORE SALT BOX PROJECT, Silver Key – Journalism
2022, January
Scholastic Arts Awards
SPACE, Gold Key – Comic Art
FOREVERMORE 02, Gold Key – Photography
FOREVERMORE 01, Silver Key – Photography
FORTH, Honorable Mention – Art Portfolio
PAIMON, Honorable Mention – Comic Art
ELECTRIC SHEEP LOGO, Honorable Mention – Design
THE BICYCLE, Honorable Mention – Film
EGG-ISTENTIAL, Honorable Mention – Film
HONEYED, Honorable Mention – Photography
TURKISH DELIGHTED, Honorable Mention – Photography
2021, June
Indie Memphis Youth Film Festival, Selected
Lone Star Film Festival, Selected
Loudon Arts Film Fest, Selected
Screen ATX, Selected
Independent Shorts Awards Festival, Finalist
Gulf Coast & Video Festival, Finalist
IndieX Film Fest, Semi-Finalist
Indie Short Fest, Semi-Finalist
International Independent Film Awards, Honorable Mention
THE BICYCLE – (Short)
2020, June
National History Day
BREAKING BARRIERS IN THE MINDS OF MEN: THE PATH TO PEACE IN
NORTHERN IRELAND (Individual Documentary Category) – Maryland State Special Prize, Peace Study Center Award (Cash Prize); Baltimore City Winner
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2019, June
National History Day
DEATH DISEASE & DISCRIMINATION: BUILDING THE PANAMA CANAL –
(Individual Documentary Category) – Selected for the National Museum of African American History and Culture Documentary Showcase; Qualified for Nationals; Maryland State Winner; Baltimore City Winner
Subsequently awarded Resolutions Maryland Senate and Maryland House of Delegates
2018, June
National History Day
THE YUGOSLAV WARS: GENOCIDE WITHOUT JUSTICE (Individual Documentary Category) – Qualified for Nationals; Maryland State Winner; Baltimore City Winner
IN THE NEWS
2021, July
Indie Memphis Youth Festival Online Screening National Youth Short Films
2021, July
Independent Shorts Awards
2020, February 04
“Katherine Giroux & Honored at National History Day”
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2020, January 30
“State Senators and Delegates Honor Maryland History Day Students at State House”
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2019, June 21
“2019 National History Day Award Winners and Honorees From Maryland”
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2018, May 07
“Students from sixteen counties win at Maryland History Day