2024 Mike’s song “Heave Away” won the contemporary category for the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival songwriting contest
2018 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase
2018 CT Folk Grassy Hill Songwriting Contest Finalist
2017 Wildflower! TX Folk Festival Performing Songwriter Competition Winner
2017 Number 1 song "Tightrope" on Neil Young's Living with War Today web site
2016 Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Contest (2nd Place) Winner 2016 Kerrville, TX "New Folk" Songwriting Contest Finalist
2015 Number 1 song "Little red-winged blackbirds" on Neil Young's Living with War Today website
2014 NERFA (North East Regional Folk Alliance) Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase Artist 2014 RISA (Rhode Island Songwriter's Association) / Stone Soup Coffeehouse Songwriting Contest Winner