Awards
AWARDS (poetry):
- Federation of B. C. Writers, Literary Rites Competition, l987, First Prize (poetry)
- National Magazine Award for Poetry, l988
- C.B.C. Literary Competition, l988, Second Prize for Poetry
- League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, Co-winner
- Aya Press Tenth Anniversary Literary Competition, First Prize, 1989
- League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, l993, Second Prize
- Grain Prose Poem Contest, Co-winner, 1995
- League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, First Prize, 1996
- CV2 Annual Poetry Contest, First Prize, l996
- Room of One’s Own Poetry Contest, 1996
- League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, Second Prize, l997
- George Woodcock Poetry Contest, Canada India Village Aid, First Prize, l997
- The Stephen Leacock Poetry Award: The Orillia International Poetry Festival, l997
- Winner of Mothertongue Chapbook Competition, l998
- Grain Prose Poem Prize, co-winner, l998
- Prairie Fire Bliss Carmen Poetry Prize, l998
- Grain Postcard Story Prize, Co-winner, 1999
- National Magazine Award for Poetry, silver, 1999
- Room of One’s Own, Poetry Contest, second prize, 2007
- Prairie Fire, Poetry Contest, second prize, 2008
- Grain, Prose Poem Prize, Co-winner, 2008
- Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, first prize, 2008
- Room of One’s Own, Poetry Contest, second prize, 2008
- Fiddlehead Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention, 2009
- C. B. C. Literary Awards, poetry shortlist, 2009
- Malahat Review Long Poem Competition, shortlist, 2009
- Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest, first prize, 2009
- Malahat Review Open Season Award, shortlist, 2009
- Bridport Poetry Prize (UK), shortlist, 2009
- C.B.C. Literary Awards, poetry shortlist, 2010
- Prism International, Poetry Prize, Honourable Mention, 2010
AWARDS (fiction)
- Other Voices Fiction Award, First Prize, 2000
- Matrix, First Prize in Fiction Category, 2001
- Fiddlehead Fiction Contest, Honorable Mention 2001
- Other Voices Fiction Award, First Prize, 2001
- Fiddlehead Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention, 2002
- Room of One’s Own Fiction Prize, First Prize, 2003
- Fiddlehead Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention, 2004
- Journey Prize, 2004, Short-list
- This Magazine’s Great Canadian Literary Hunt, Second Prize in Fiction Category, 2006
BOOK AWARDS, SHORTLISTS & SPECIAL MENTIONS (poetry):
- B. C. Book Prize for Poetry, l988
- Pat Lowther Memorial Award, l990
- Governor General’s Award for Poetry, shortlist, l993
- Pat Lowther Memorial Award, shortlist, l992, l994 & l998
- The Dorothy Livesay Book Prize, 1998
- Governor General’s Award for Poetry, shortlist, 2000
- Butler Prize, shortlist, 2009
BOOK AWARDS, SHORTLISTS & SPECIAL MENTIONS (fiction)
- Rooke-Metcalf Award for Fiction, 2006
- Airstream included on Globe and Mail’s list of best 100 books of the year, 2006
- Butler Prize, shortlist, 2007
