2001

• Saskatchewan Book of the Year, The Russländer
• City of Regina Book of the Year, The Russländer
• Best Fiction, Saskatchewan Book Awards, The Russländer
• Short-listed for The Giller Prize for The Russländer

2000

• Silver Birch Award nomination for The Town That Floated Away
• Red Cedar Award nomination for The Town That Floated Away

1997

• The Governor General Award nomination for The Two-Headed Calf
• Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award, The Two-Headed Calf
• Saskatchewan Children's Literature Award, The Town That Floated Away

1995

• Juno Award nomination for the radio play The Town That Floated Away
• Nominated for National Magazine Award

1993

• Marion Engel Award

1992

• McNally Robinson Award, Best Book of the Year, The Chrome Suite
• Governor General's Award nomination for The Chrome Suite
• The Joseph S. Stauffer Prize (Canada Council) for meritorious achievement in the arts

1991

• Long-listed for the Irish Times Aeorlingus Award for Agassiz, A Novel In Stories

1990

• Nominated for the Manitoba Book Award for The Missing Child
• W.H. Smith Books In Canada Award for first novel, The Missing Child
• 45 Below Award, by The Canadian Book Information Centre.  Chosen as one of the ten most promising writers below the age of 45.

1984

• National Magazine Award for Short Fiction
• Gerald Lampert Award, the League of Canadian Poets, Night Travellers

1982

• Robert Kroetsch Scholarship, Saskatchewan Arts Board

 

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