Sandra
Birdsell has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada by the Right Honourable
Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada: For her contributions as
an author, teacher and volunteer who, through her many books, has examined
life on the Prairies and explored the immigrant experience in Western Canada.
Children
of the Day
- long
listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Award
- Saskatchewan
Book Award for Fiction
The
Russländer
- Saskatchewan
Book Award for Fiction
- Nominated
for the Giller Prize
- Saskatchewan
Book of the Year
- City
of Regina Book of the Year
The
Town That Floated Away
- Saskatchewan
Book Award Children's Literature
- short
listed for Silver Birch Award
- short
listed for Red Cedar Award
The
Two Headed Calf
- Governor
General Award short list
- Saskatchewan
Book of the Year
The
Chrome Suite
- Governor
General Award short list
- McNally
Robinson Award, Best Book of the Year
The
Missing Child
- WH
Smith Books in Canada First Novel Award
- Manitoba
Book Award nomination
Night
Travellers
- Gerald
Lampert Award, the League of Canadian Poets
- Irish
Times Aeorlingus Award, long list
And
Others...
- Marion
Engel Award for meritorious achievement of a woman writer in mid-career
- The
Joseph S. Stauffer Prize, The Canada Council 1992, for meritorious achievement
in the arts
- Juno
Award nomination for radio play, The Town That Floated Away
- National
Magazine Award and nomination for short fiction
- 45
Below Award, by The Canadian Book Information Centre. Chosen as one of ten
most promising writers below the age of 45
- Awarded
writing grants from- The Manitoba Arts Council, The Canada Council, and
the Saskatchewan Arts Board
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