- 2004: 1st prize: ARC Magazine's Poem of the Year Contest
- 2004: 1st prize: The Rona Murray Prize for Literature: Poetry
- 2004: 1st prize: Lush Triumphant Poetry Prize, sub Terrain Magazine
- 2004: Short listed for the CBC Literary Awards
- 2003: Honourable Mention Bliss Carmen Poetry Contest, Prairie Fire
- 2001: Finalist in The Fiddlehead Poetry Contest
- 2000: 1st prize The Great Canadian Literary Hunt, This Magazine's Poetry Contest
- 2000: Editors Pick, Poem of the Year Contest, ARC magazine
- 1999: 1st prize in the Canadian League of Poets National Poetry Competition
- 1999: Honourable mention in the League's National Poetry Competition
- 1998: Two honourable mentions in the League's National Poetry Competition
- 1997: 1st prize Hawthorne Society Chapbook Competition
- 1997: 2nd prize Acorn-Livesay Festival Poetry Contest
- 1997: Honourable mention in White Water Journal Poetry Contest plus publication
- 1997: Honourable mention in Saltwater II poetry contest plus publication
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