- Recognition -
2022 Winner, Alberta Literary Award (Short Story Collection Award), Vermin: Stories
2021 Finalist, Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts Glengarry Book Award, Vermin: Stories
2021 Finalist, High Plains Book Awards Short Story Award, Vermin: Stories
2021 Finalist, CAA Fred Kerner Book Award, Vermin: Stories
2019 Alberta Literary Award nomination by New Forum, “The Quality of Mercy”
2014 “Dominion," Alberta Literary Award nomination by FreeFall
2013 “Good Friday, at the Westward,” Alberta Magazine Award nomination by The Prairie Journal
2010 Nothing Sacred shortlisted for Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction (Alberta Literary Awards)
2010 Honourable Mention, CAA Exporting Alberta Award for Nothing Sacred
2009 Semi-finalist, Calgary Public Library Foundation Literary Award for Love Minus Zero
2009 Finalist, CAA Exporting Alberta Award for Love Minus Zero
2008 “Leading Men,” National Magazine Award, Journey Prize and Western Magazine Award nominations by Prairie Fire
2007 “We Had Faces Then,” Highly Commended in Tom Howard / John H. Reid Short Story Contest
2007 “This is a Test,” Million Writers Award nomination by The Menda City Review; chosen as a Notable Story of 2006
2006 “The Selfish Professor,” National Magazine Award and Journey Prize nominations by The Prairie Journal
2006 “Family Business,” third place, Penknife Press Short Story Contest
2005 “Blue Lake,” shortlisted in PRISM International Short Fiction Contest
2005 “The Pass,” professional category winner in CBC Radio’s Alberta Anthology competition
2005 “We Had Faces Then,” second place winner, Alice Munro Festival of Writing Contest
2004 “Magic Lanterns,” Best Illustration winner, Victoria School of Writing Postcard Story Contest
2003 “Nothing Sacred,” Honourable Mention, FreeFall Fiction Contest
2002 “Rain in December,” Journey Prize nomination by The Amethyst Review