Awards
&
Recognitions
2019: Finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize for “Shelter Object”
2017: Longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize for “Shelter Object”
2012: Finalist for the CBC / Canada Writes competition for “Long Exposure”
2012: Longlisted for ReLit Award (best poetry book by an independent publisher) for A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth
2012: Finalist for the Pat Lowther Award (best poetry book by a Canadian woman) for A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth
2008: Pierre Blanche (White Stone, translated by Daniel Canty), Honourable Mention for the John Glassco Prize, awarded by the l'Association des Traducteurs et Traductrices Littéraires du Canada for a first literary translation
2003: First Prize winner of The Antigonish Review’s annual national poetry contest, the Great Blue Heron Poetry Competition
2000: Archibald Lampman Award (best book of poetry published in the National Capital region) for Two Bowls of Milk
2000: Shortlisted for Trillium Award (best book published in Ontario) for Two Bowls of Milk
1999: Gerald Lampert Award (best first book of poetry published in Canada, awarded by the League of Canadian Poets) for White Stone: The Alice Poems
1999: Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award (best poetry book by a Canadian woman) and the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award for White Stone: The Alice Poems
1998: Governor General’s Award (best poetry book published in Canada) for White Stone: The Alice Poems
1998: First Prize winner of Mother Tongue Press’ Poetry Chapbook Contest for “Inside a Tent of Skin: 9 poems from the National Gallery of Canada”
1997: One of two winners of The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, for “Deux personnages dans la nuit: poems from paintings by Jean Paul Lemieux”
1997: First Prize winner of Contemporary Verse 2 poetry competition for “Poems for the Flood”
1996: Winner of Bronwen Wallace Award for Poetry, given bi-annually (in alternate years, given for fiction) to the most promising Canadian poet under 35 who has not yet published a first book
1993: Poetry winner of the Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing, awarded by University College, University of Toronto
