• First prize in the “7^th International Edvard Grieg Memorial Competition for Composers”, Oslo (Norway, 2003)


• First prize in the “1^st International Composition Competition of Chamber Music ADNm”, Tarragona (Spain, 2004)


• First prize in the “3^rd Prof. Ivan Spassov Composer’s Competition”, Plovdiv (Bulgaria, 2004)


• First prize in the “9^th Tokyo International Competition for Chamber Music Composition”, Tokyo (Japan, 2005)


• First prize in the “Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards 2005”, New Haven (Connecticut - USA, 2005)


• First prize in the International Competition “Onde Musicali”, Taranto (Italy, 2006)


• First prize (Médaille d’or) in the International Competition of Académie Internationale de Lutèce, Paris (France, 2006)


• First prize in the International Competition ISCM - Miami, Miami (Florida - USA, 2006)


• First prize in the National Competition "Placido Mandanici", Messina (Italy, 2008)


• First prize in the International Composition Prize "Musica Domani", Rochester (New York - USA, 2012)


• Second prize in the 4^th International Composition Competition "Egidio Carella”, Piacenza (Italy, 2003)


• Second prize in the 14^th International Competition "Città di Barletta”, Barletta (Italy, 2004)


• Second prize in the International Competition “Angoulême 2005 – Comité de lecture de basson” , Angoulême (France, 2005)


• Second prize in the “Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award Competition” , Urbana-Champaign (Illinois - USA, 2005)


• Second prize (first prize not assigned) in the 6^th International Competition “Valeria Martina” , Massafra (Italy, 2008)


• Second prize in the International Competition "Don Vincenzo Vitti", Castellana Grotte (Italy, 2010)


• Second prize (first prize not assigned) in the International Competition "Don Vincenzo Vitti", Castellana Grotte (Italy, 2011)


• Third prize in the 13^th International Competition “Premio Vittoria Caffa Righetti”, Cuneo (Italy, 2005)


• Special mention in the 26^th International Competition “Premio Valentino Bucchi", Rome (Italy, 2003)


• Honorable mention in the “Renée B. Fisher Composer Awards 2004”, New Haven (Connecticut - USA, 2004)


• Mention spéciale in the “Prix Reine Marie José”, Geneva (Switzerland, 2004)


• Special mention in the “2005 Ibla Grand Prize”, Ragusa - New York (Italy - USA, 2005)


• Special mention in the 1^st International Competition "Continuum Musicum", Reggio Calabria (Italy, 2009)


• Special mention in the International Competition “Antonio Manoni", Senigallia (Italy, 2010)


• Honorable mention in the “Red Note Composition Competition”, Illinois State University, Normal (Illinois - USA, 2014)


• Finalist in the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition (Greece, 2010)


• Finalist in the Areon Flutes International Composition Competition (USA, 2011)


• Selected in the Call for Scores Microscores 2004 (New Zealand, 2004)


• Selected in the Call for Scores New Miniatures held by the Composers Association of Serbia (Serbia, 2008)


• Selected in the Call for Pieces of the New Wind Chamber Group (United Kingdom, 2008)


• Selected in the Call for Scores Vox Novus - 15 Minutes of Fame (USA, 2011)


• Selected in the Quasar Saxophone Quartet Call for Scores held by the Washington Composers Forum (USA, 2013)