AWARDS LIST

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS

Personal Awards

2006                Recipient of the 2006 YWCA Women of Distinction Award – in the Arts Category

Writing Awards

  • 2024 – Whistler Independent Book Awards, Winner, Children’s category, The Treasure Box.
  • 2024 – Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist (Winner), Action/Adventure Fiction, The Treasure Box.
  • 2019 – Kimi Seal Award, and Honorary Mention, Germany. Die Würdigung des Bisons.
  • 2017 – Human Relations Indie Awards – Pre-Teen, USA – Winner. Convictions.
  • 2017 – Moonbeam Children’s Award for Young Adult Fiction- Historical/Cultural, USA– Gold Winner. Convictions.
  • 2017 – IPPY Canada-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction – Silver Medal Winner. Honouring the Buffalo – co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee.
  • 2017 – Next Generation Indie Book Award for Historical Fiction 2017, USA – Gold Winner (First Place). Convictions.
  • 2017 – Forward Indie Awards -Young Adult Fiction, USA – Nominated. Convictions.
  • 2017 – Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Historical Fiction, USA –Winner. Convictions.
  • 2017 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature – Nominated. Convictions.
  • 2017 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Publication in Education – Nominated. Convictions.
  • 2017 – High Plains Award – Women Writers category, USA – Nominated. Convictions.
  • 2016 – Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Children’s Picture Book (6 Years & Up), USA – Gold Winner. Honouring the Buffalo.
  • 2016 – High Plains Book Awards categories: Art & Photography, and Children’s Book, USA – Nominated.  Honouring the Buffalo.
  • 2016 – Saskatchewan Book Awards – Nominated for three categories: Children’s Literature, Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing (Ray Lavallee), Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award (publisher). Honouring the Buffalo – co-authored with Elder and Storyteller, Ray Lavallee .
  • 2015/16 – Canadian Children’s Book Centre – Our Choice List. Honouring the Buffalo
  • 2015 – Moonbeam Children’s Award for Environmental Issues, USA – Silver Winner. Honouring the Buffalo.
  • 2013 – Willow Awards (SYRCA), Diamond Willow – Nominated. Ghosts of Government House.
  • 2005 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature – Nominated. The Secret of the Stone House.
  • 2005 – Willow Awards (SYRCA), Diamond Willow, 2005 – Nominated. Dinosaur Hideout.
  • 2004 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature – Nominated. Dinosaur Breakout.
  • 2003 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature – Winner. Dinosaur Hideout.
  • 2004 – Canadian Children’s Book Centre – Our Choice List. Dinosaur Hideout.
  • 1996 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature – Winner. The Secret of Sentinel Rock
  • 1996 – Saskatchewan Book Award for Publishing in Education – Nominated. The Secret of Sentinel Rock
  • 1996/97 – Canadian Children’s Book Centre – Our Choice List. The Secret of Sentinel Rock.
  • 1996 – Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – Nominated. The Secret of Sentinel Rock.
  • Other Acknowledgments
  • 1997-present   My children’s novels are being used in Canadian schools as teaching tools, supplemental reading, and course materials
  • 2006  –   Dinosaur Stakeout listed as one of the Best of the Year 2006 in Fiction Grades 3-6 by RESOURCE LINKS: Connecting Classrooms, Libraries & Canadian Learning Resources.
  • 1991-2007  –  Made in Saskatchewan: Peter Rupchan, Ukrainian Pioneer and Potter in Saskatchewan Education Bibliography for Arts Education for Grade 9 and is also used in other grades with the accompanying documentary, RUPCHAN: Spirit of a Prairie Potter.

Film & Video Nominations

  • 2024 – Echoed Words. Documentary, Silverlight Productions Inc. AMI Broadcaster.
  • Honouring the Buffalo, Animated Children’s Show, Silverlight Productions Inc. Citytv Saskatchewan.
  • A Promise to My Son, ½ hr documentary, Silverlight Productions Inc/Cooper Rock Pictures Inc, 2021. Producer, Writer, Researcher, Production Manager.
  • 1998 – Roger Ing’s Utopia, nominated for Best Documentary and for Original Music Score for the Saskatchewan Film & Video Showcase Awards
  • 1992  – Rupchan: Spirit of a Prairie Potter, Documentary-Drama for television was nominated for the Saskatchewan Film & Video Showcase Awards for best music.