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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