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POETRY

  • Federation of B. C. Writers, Literary Rites Competition, 1987, First Prize
  • National Magazine Award for Poetry, Silver, 1988
  • C.B.C. Literary Competition, 1988, 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, 1993, 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, 1996
  • Room of One's Own Poetry Contest, 1996
  • League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Contest, Second Prize, 1997
  • George Woodcock Poetry Contest, Canada India Village Aid, First Prize, 1997
  • The Stephen Leacock Poetry Award: The Orillia International Poetry Festival, 1997
  • Winner of Mothertongue Chapbook Competition, 1998
  • Grain Prose Poem Prize, co-winner, 1998
  • Prairie Fire, Poetry Contest, First Prize, 1998
  • 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, 2010

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, 2006

BOOK AWARDS, SHORTLISTS & SPECIAL MENTIONS (poetry)

  • B. C. Book Prize for Poetry, 1988
  • Pat Lowther Memorial Award, 1990
  • Governor General's Award for Poetry, shortlist, 1993
  • Pat Lowther Memorial Award, shortlist, 1992, 1994 & 1998
  • The Dorothy Livesay Book Prize, 1998
  • Governor General's Award for Poetry, shortlist, 2000
  • Butler Prize, shortlist, 2009
BOOK AWARDS, SHORTLISTS & SPECIAL MENTIONS (fiction)
  • Metcalf-Rooke Award for Fiction, 2006
  • Airstream included on Globe and Mail's list of best 100 books of the year, 2006
  • Butler Prize, shortlist, 2007

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