Nigger For Life Book Awards:
- 2015 Pacific Rim Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2015 Amsterdam Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2015 Greater Southeast Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2014 Florida Books Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 GRAND PRIZE WINNER – The Do-It-Yourself Book Awards
- 2013 London Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 The Great Midwest Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Southern California Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Do-It-Yourself Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Finalist: International Book Awards by USA Book News
- 2013 San Francisco Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Paris Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 National Beverly Hills Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Great Northwest Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 Great Southwest Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2013 GRAND PRIZE WINNER – Los Angeles Book Awards – The First Poet to Ever Win The L.A. Grand Prize
- 2013 Los Angeles Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2012 New England Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2012 New York Book Awards – 1st Place, Poetry
- 2012 Hollywood Book Awards – Runner Up, Poetry
- 2012 Poetry Contest Winner, Ubud Writers & Readers International Festival, Bali, Indonesia
- Named Conversation Magazine’s 2012 Top 10 Best Poetry Books
- National Black Authors Tour’s Distinguished Honor Award