Poetry
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*Anthologies
*''A Walk by the Seine, Canadian Poets on Paris''. (Black Moss Press, 1996). *''Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry''. (Monitor Book Co., 1995/96). *''Making Connections: Literacy from a Feminist Perspective''. (Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, 1996)Awards and nominations
* Butler Prize, shortlist for ''Here Come The Moonbathers,'' 2009 * ''Airstream'' included on Globe and Mail's list of best 100 books of the year 2006 * Butler Prize, shortlist for ''Airstream,'' 2000 * Meltcalf-Rooke Award, for ''Airstream,'' 2006'' * Governor General's Award nominee for ''Ruin & Beauty,'' 2000 * B.C. Book Prize for ''What I Remember From My Time On Earth,'' 1997 * Governor General's Award nominee for ''More Watery Still,'' 1993 *Prizes: poetry
*Federation of B. C. Writers, Literary Rites Competition, 1987, First Prize *National Magazine Award, 1988 *C.B.C. Literary Competition, 1988, Second Prize *League of Canadian Poets National Poetry Competition, 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 *Mothertongue Chapbook Competition, second prize, 1998 *Grain Prose Poem Prize, co-winner, 1998 *Prairie Fire, Bliss Carmen Award, 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, 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, finalist, 2009 *Malahat Review Long Poem Competition, shortlist, 2009 & 2011 *Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, first prize, 2009 *Malahat Review Open Season Award, shortlist, 2009 & 2012 *Bridport Poetry Prize (UK), shortlist, 2009 *C.B.C. Literary Awards, finalist, 2010 *Prism International Poetry Competition, Honourable Mention, 2010 *The Antigonish Review's Great Blue Heron Contest, Third Prize, 2010 *The New Quarterly, Occasional Verse Contest, Second Prize, 2010 *The Confederation Poet's Prize, 2010 *C.B.C. Literary Awards, finalist, 2011 *The Antigonish Review's Great Blue Heron Contest, First Prize, 2011 *Room of One's Own Poetry Contest, First Prize, 2011 *Montreal International Poetry Prize, shortlist, 2011 *Malahat Review, Open Season Award, shortlist, 2012 *Prism International Poetry Competition, Third Prize, 2012Prizes: fiction
*Other Voices Fiction Award, First Prize, 2000 *Matrix, First Prize, 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, 2006References
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