Courtney is proud to have received the following awards and recognitions:
- The Ghost of Laurie Floyd – Finalist in Chanticleer Book Reviews Murder & Mayhem Awards 2014
- “The Mannequin in the Middle of the Road” received an Honorable Mention in the 2010 Ghost Hunting Theories Horror Flash Story Contest
- The Ghost of Laurie Floyd was a Quarter Finalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest
- Review of Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance winner of Jane’s Stories Bite Size Review Contest
- “Shadow People” -3rd Place, The Writer in the Machine Fiction Contest #1, 2007
- “The Asylum” -2nd Place, Adsagsona Paranormal Society Ghost Story Contest, 2007
- “The Boy Next Door” -Honorable Mention, Writers’ Journal July 2006 Romance Contest
- “A Landmark Christmas” – 2nd Place, Writers’ Journal November 2005 Travel Writing Contest
- “Fate’s Way” – Honorable Mention, Writers’ Journal July 2005 Romance Contest
- First line from The Ghost of Laurie Floyd – Finalist in the 5th Annual Best First Line Contest
- Featured as one of 21 Intriguing Floridians – Florida Monthly Magazine, October 2005
- “Leaving a Mark” (written as C. Le Mroch) – 2nd Place, Bitten Contest, 2005
- “The Hammerhead” (written as C. Le Mroch) – 2nd Place, Twisted Shift’s First Contest, 2005 Cellfish Ways (written as Courts Mroch) – #2 best-selling Dollar Download 2004 from Echelon Press
- “Skin Ish Ca” (written as Courts Mroch) – #2 in the 2003 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll Short Story Other Category
- “Cellfish Ways” – Finalist and Special Honorable Mention Recipient for 2003 New Century Writers Awards Short Story Contest
- “The Judge’s Bell” – Quarter Finalist in the 2003 New Century Writers Awards Short Story Contest
- “The Clockmaker’s Daughter” – Quarter Finalist in the 2002 New Century Writers Awards Short Story Contest
- Awarded Certificate of Meritorious Achievement in the Galleria Eros 2002 Short Fiction Award Competition.
- “Grandma Jo’s Alligator Honeymoon” – 3rd place in the Glendale (Arizona) Public Library’s 3rd Annual Short Story Competition, 1997.