Awards
- 1979: Honourable Mention, Atlantic Writing Competition (Adult Poetry), Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
- 1981: First Prize, Atlantic Writing Competition (Adult Poetry), Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
- 1983: Second Prize, Bliss Carman Poetry Award, Banff Centre
- 1991: Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry, Ottawa Independent Writers
- 1998: Portia White Prize, Nova Scotia Arts Council
- 1998: Bellagio Centre Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City
- 1999: Alumni Achievement Award, University of Waterloo
- 2002: Governor General's Award for Poetry, for Execution Poems
- National Magazine Gold Award for Poetry
- 2004: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Achievement Award, Black Theatre Workshop
- 2006: Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship Prize, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
- 2006: Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction
- 2006: Frontieras Poesis Premuil, Poesis Magazine, International Poetry Festival, Satu Mare, Romania
- 2006: Order of Nova Scotia
- 2007: Longlisted for the IMPAC Award, for George and Rue
- 2008: Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2009: Shortlisted, Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction
- 2010: Shortlisted, Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry
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