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- ↑ "2015 Writer Access Project Honorees". WGA. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ "Slamdance 2010 Winners". Moviebytes.
- ↑ "American Screenwriting Competition". Flatshoe Entertainment.
- ↑ "ISFFH 2010 Winners". International Student Film Festival Hollywood.
- ↑ "Alfred P. Sloan Award". AFI Conservatory.
