AIBH premiered in May 2025 and was awarded "The Fringiest Award" from the Alliance for the Arts at Fringe Fort Myers (see award description below). The additional honors listed are for Joshua Ritter and director Mayra David's essays and fiction, some of which were adapted into material for the show.
First Prize
Soul-Making Keats Humor Competition
You Must Let Go of the Trapeze
Honorable Mention
Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition
Honorable Mention
Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize
Slippery Elm Literary Journal
Who's Siri?
Finalist
Third Wednesday Magazine Flash Fiction Competition
Who's Siri?
Short List
The Letter Review Prize for Flash Fiction
Goodnight, Mr. Halian
Third Place
Seven Hills Non-Fiction Contest
You Must Let Go of the Trapeze
Honorable Mention
Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest
Finalist
The Perkoff Prize
The Missouri Review
Falling Down
Finalist
The Kenyon Review Developmental Editing Fellowship
for Emerging Writers
Finalist
Third Wednesday Flash Fiction Contest
Goodnight, Mr. Halian