Ben Hulan's new song, "Poor Boy" won Best Song in the West Coast Songwriter's Sonoma County Open Mic, July, 2006.

Ben Hulan was nominated for the Wasington Area Music Association Best New Artist Award in 2005!

Sugar Grove was one of three bands selected to represent CABOMA at the 25th annual Washington Folk Festival on June 4th, 2005!

"Saturday Time" won honorable mention in the adult contemporary category of the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, 2004. (Ben is extremely happy to claim this award, but he considers himself neither "adult", NOR "contemporary".)

Recorded during sessions for THE PRESENT PLAYS, but not included on the album, The Thief of Baghdad won 4th place in the Social/Political category of the 2004 UNISONG International contest.

A home recording of "Riptide" was the recipient of an Honor Award in The Great American Song Contest, 2003.

A demo of "Orbiting" was chosen from a large pool of submissions to be the first track on the compilation album, "Focus Presents: Capital Acoustics, Vol. 3". That album is a collection of 20 songs from 20 DC-area songwriters, produced by Steve Key in 2002.