Medals and Ribbons
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.
Waiting for Joe
- Governor General Finalist 2010
- Best Fiction Award, 2010, Saskatchewan Book Awards
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
