Joint Winner of The 2013 Kathryn Lasky Public Service Award for The Iris Network Radio PSA Project.
Awarded by faculty nomination to a Media Studies student or team of students whose performance in the major exemplifies the highest achievement within the goals of the degree program, and whose work in the Service Learning Practicum demonstrates the best use of media in service to the community.
The Iris Network wrote, "Justine is assiduous, thorough, thoughtful and positively tenacious. The quality of her final piece is extraordinarily good. The Iris Network is incredibly fortunate to have had Justine join us for the project. Had it not been for [her], we would not have the opportunity to pursue a radio and audio internet presence to help us get the word out about our services and what we do."
Winner of the 2011-2012 WMPG Golden Minidisk Award for Best Writing for audio production of prose poem, "Dreaming of Istanbul in Maine"
“Registry of Memories”, Runner-up, Second Annual Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, The Belfast Poetry Festival, Belfast, Maine, 2010.
“The Delta That Never Dawned”, Honorable Mention, RAW Short Story Contest, Alaska, 2007.
The Naked Ptarmigan published "The Delta That Never Dawned" in the fall of 2007.