R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature Finalist by Writers Guild of Alberta for An Alien In My House, 2005.

Blue Spruce Award Finalist by the Ontario Library Association, An Alien In My House, 2004.

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice List, Treasure For Lunch, 2001.

Writers Digest Contest Finalist, 2000.

First Novel Groundwood Books 20th Anniversary Contest Finalist, 1998.

Sunshine Sketches Award for Humor by Calgary Writers Association, 1996.

Brendon Donelly Children’s Literature Finalist, 1994. Mayor's Letter

Whitney, Ontario students listen to their teacher reading
"An Alien in My House", a finalist for the Blue Spruce Award.

Honoured with The Brendon Donelly Award
from Alberta's Education Minister