Awards, Grants, & Publications

Book Chapters

“Embodying the Headlines: Performing Sandra Bland.” In Applied Theatre and Racial Justice: Radical Imaginings for Just Communities (forthcoming, Routledge Press, 2023).

Books and digital files

Harris, Brittney. The Amazin’ Jason: 10-Minute Play. Kindle Direct, 2022.

Harris, Brittney. How to Tie a Tie: A Short Play. Kindle Direct, 2022.

Harris, Brittney. Best Women's Monologues 2021 Anthology: “How to Tie a Tie”.  Smith & Kraus Publishers, Hanover, NH. 2021.

Harris, B. S. (2016). Keep Calm and Create On: Words of Encouragement from One Artist to the Next. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. 

Research/Arts-based

• Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective, 2023 Three Six Nine Monologue and Short Play Festival, Official Selection for How to Tie a Tie
• 12th DMV International Film Festival, Official Selection for Pedigree 
• Finalist for 2023 Monarch Short-Film Festival, Official Selection for Pedigree

                  - Winner for Best Alumni Short-Film

• Finalist for 2023 Seven Cities Showcase of Hampton Roads, Official Selection for Pedigree

                  - Winner for Best Actress

• Finalist for 11th International Social Change Film Festival, Official Selection for Pedigree

                 - Winner for Best Woman Director 

• The Ivoryton Playhouse, Women Playwrights Festival 2022, Official Selection for How to Tie a Tie
• The Heritage Ensemble Theatre Company, 2022 Summer Staged Reading Series, Official Selection for The Amazing Jason and How to Tie a Tie
• Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region IV Achievement in Directing for Intimate Apparel
• Finalist for 2022 James River Short Film Festival, Official Selection for Pedigree 
• Finalist for 2021 National 'The Breath Project' Festival, Official Selection for Pedigree  
• Red Clay Play, Inaugural Southern Black Playwrights Forum 2021: MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, Official Selection for How to Tie a Tie
• Robert C. Anderson Memorial Award in Post- Graduate Research Accomplishment Recipient, University of Georgia
• Firecracker Productions, 5 Minute Play Virtual Project, Houston, TX. 1st Official Selection for Pedigree
• Fade to Black Play Fest, 10 Minute Play Competition 2019, Official Selection for The Amazing Jason
• August Staub Graduate Student Award in Theatre Recipient, University of Georgia
• Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, National Short Play Award, Honorable Mention for How to Tie a Tie
• Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region IV, National John L. Caubel Short Play Award, 1st Place Winner for How to Tie a Tie
• Performance Studies Institute at Northwestern University: Narrative, Beauty, and Improvisation, nationally selected participant/performer

Service-based

2021 African American Creative Community Series (AACCS), Norfolk Public Library, Recipient 

2020 John R. Broderick Diversity Champion Award, Recipient

2018 Graduate Emerging Leader, University of Georgia

GRANTS/PROJECTS AWARDED

The In[HEIR]itence Project Exodus: Homecoming local artist project funding, $1000.00

(Proj: StoryTell(HER) Summit 2023: Her Voice, Her Narrative & Her Vision)

ODU Fall 2021 Themester: Arts and Social Justice project funding, $500.00

(Proj: Dialoguing with our Bodies, an Exploration of Performance Activism)

Association for Theatre Movement Educators (ATME) Innovation Fellowship, $1000.00

(Proj. Funding: Solo piece- Being B.A.D. and the Performance of Redemption), matched

Conference Funding, $400.00

(Conference: 9th Annual African, African American, & Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Conference)

Emerging Leaders Independent Project Funding, $475.00, Principal Investigator

(Project Funding: G.L.A.M: Girls Leadership and Mentors of Athens)

Arts in Community Grant, $1,500.00, Principal Investigator

(Presentation: Atlanta Fringe Festival)

Sylvia Pannell Travel Grant, $900.00, Principal Investigator

(Presentation: Atlanta Fringe Festival)

American Honda Foundation Grant, $5,000.00, Assisted.

(Project Funding: EUREKA! S.T.E.M-based program, Girls Inc. of the Greater Peninsula)

U.S.A Swim, $2,500.00, Assisted.

(Project Funding: Girls Inc. Minority Learn to Swim Summer Camp Program, Girls Inc. of the Greater Peninsula