For Short Fiction (all currently unpublished):

• 1987 Hall Prize For Fiction, University of Washington Graduate School of Creative Writing
• 2023 Alaska Writers Guild Quarterly Writing Contest, First Place
• 2024 Next Generation Indie Short Story Awards, First Place and overall Grand Prize

For Short Promotional Video:

• 2017 Telly Awards, Bronze Medal, with Princess Cruises

For Books:

• 1997 Western States Book Awards, A Place Beyond
• 2010 IPBA Awards, Silver Medal—The Glacier Wolf
• 2013 Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold Medal, Once Upon Alaska (co-winner, with photographer Mark Kelley)
• 2016 Living Now Awards, Bronze Medal, The Giant’s Hand
• 2016 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Gold Medal, Alaska (co-winner, with photographer Mark Kelley)
• 2018 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Gold Medal, Alaska’s Magnificent Mendenhall Glacier (co-winner, with photographer Mark Kelley)
• 2020 Montaigne Medal Finalist, The Last Light Breaking
• 2022 Living Now Awards, Gold Medal, A Wolf Called Romeo
• 2024 Benjamin Franklin Awards, Gold Medal, Romeo The Friendly Wolf
• 2024 Montaigne Medal Finalist, Romeo The Friendly Wolf
• 2024 Next Generation Indie Awards, Medal Finalist in two categories, Romeo The Friendly Wolf