Finalist for the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award, 1981.
First place in short fiction and the novel: Writers' Federation of
Nova Scotia Literary Competition.
Pierian Spring Editor's Award for poetry.
The Order of St. John Award of Merit.
Short-listed for The Stephen Leacock Medal, 1987.
Two-time winner of the Dartmouth Book Award: 1990 for The Second Season
of Jonas MacPherson and 1995 for The Republic of Nothing.
Short-listed 1991, 1992, 1993.