AWARDS
“Her stunning guitar work, clear voice, and fine songwriting tell me she will be around when the flash artists have gone.”
TOM PAXTON, Four-time Grammy Nominee
SELECTED COMPOSER AWARDS
2020
☆ First place / Composers Forum • For Original Composition • Dance of the Midnight Mouse
2019
☆ Second place / Composers Forum • For Original Composition • March of the Mannikins
2018
☆ First place / Composers Forum • for Original Composition • Grasshopper’s Holiday
SELECTED SONG-WRITER AWARDS
2004
☆ Lifetime Achievement Award • Connecticut Songwriters Assoc.
2001
☆ Third place Songwriting Competition of Washington ( is this CT or DC ) • For the original children’s song • Hairy Harry the Happy Horse • Songwriters Association of Washington ( again is this CT or DC )
1996
☆ Outstanding Achievement as a Performing Songwriter • Connecticut Songwriter’s Association
1980
☆ Connecticut Songwriter of the Year Award • Connecticut Songwriters Association
☆ Winner of a Gold Award / Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, Washington, DC • For song, Be the Best Bee • From the Children's CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2007
☆ Finalist / Unisong International Songwriting Competition • From the Children’s CD, Escape of the Slinkys by Nancy Tucker • For song Frank Stein
SELECTED CD & CD SONG AWARDS
☆ Winner of a Gold Parents’ Choice Award • From the Children’s CD by Nancy Tucker • For song Escape of the Slinkys
☆ Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • for the Children’s CD entitled Escape of the Slinkys
2010
☆ Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • For the Children's CD by Nancy Tucker • Glad that you Asked
2006
☆ Winner of a Gold National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) • For the Children's CD, Escape of the Slinkys by Nancy Tucker
☆ Winner of a Children's Music Web Award • from the Children's CD, Escape of the Slinkys by Nancy Tucker • For song Frank Stein
1999
☆ Finalist • Children’s Music Web Awards • (Only award decided entirely by children) • For the CD, Glad That You Asked by Nancy Tucker
photo credit: Marlow Shami
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
2004
☆ Indie of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement and Exemplary Dedication to the Independent Music Industry
SELECTED INSTRUMENT
AWARDS
1990
☆ Second Place • New Hampshire Guitar Competition • Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1984
☆ Fourth Place • New England Guitar Competition • New Haven, Connecticut
SELECTED STAGE AWARDS
2002
☆ Grand Prize Winner • Connecticut Comedy Festival • 100 East Coast contestants • Three weeks of competition • Sponsored by CT Public Television & Seven Angels Theater
1994
☆ Outstanding Artistic Achievement • For the original one-woman show, Everything Reminds Me of my Therapist • Connecticut Songwriter’s Association
