Awards

The Aurora Award

The Aurora Awards are Canada's national Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards, as voted on by readers and fans. They are presented at each year's "Canvention." Doug has won the Aurora Award four times and has been a finalist twenty times and in five different categories. He is the only person to have won the award in both official languages.

WINNER:

2023 – THE HOLLOW BOYS: THE DREAM RIDER SAGA, BOOK 1 (Best YA Novel)

2013 – “The Walker of the Shifting Borderland” (Best Short Story)

2004 – “Scream Angel” (Best Short Story)

2001 – “La Danse des Esprits" (Best Short Story / translation)

Finalist

2023 – THE HOLLOW BOYS: THE DREAM RIDER SAGA, BOOK 1 (Best YA Novel)

2013 – "The Walker of the Shifting Borderland" (Best Short Story)

2011 – CHIMERASCOPE (Best Related Work / collection)

2009 – IMPOSSIBILIA (Best Long Form / collection)

2010 – "Radio Nowhere" (Best Short Story)

2009 – "A Bouquet of Flowers in Vase, by van Gogh" (Best Short Story)

2009 – "Doorways" (Best Short Story)

2008 – "The Dancer at the Red Door" (Best Short Story)

2006 – "Going Harvey in the Big House" (Best Short Story)

2005 – “Enlightenment” (Best Short Story)

2005 – “Jigsaw” (Best Short Story)

2004 – “Scream Angel” (Best Short Story)

2002 – “By Her Hand, She Draws You Down” (Best Short Story)

2002 – “The Red Bird” (Best Short Story)

2002 – “La Parade du Hoyl” (Best Short Story / translation)

2001 – "La Danse des Esprits” (Best Short Story / translation)

2000 – “State of Disorder” (Best Short Story)

2000 – “Symphony” (Best Short Story)

1999 – "New Year’s Eve” (Best Short Story)

1998 – ”Spirit Dance” (Best Short Story)

The Astounding Award — Best New Writer

Doug was a finalist in 2001 for the Astounding Award, (formerly the John W. Campbell Award) given each year at the World Science Fiction convention to the best new writer of science fiction & fantasy.

The Sunburst Award

The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award celebrating the excellence of writing in Canadian fantastic literature published during the previous calendar year. A jury first selects a short list of five works in two categories: Adult and Young Adult. A winner is then chosen from each category. Winners receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a hand-crafted medallion which incorporates the "Sunburst" logo, designed by Marcel Gagné. The Sunburst Award takes its name from the debut novel of the late Phyllis Gotlieb, one of the first published authors of contemporary Canadian speculative fiction.

Short List Selection — Adult Fiction:

2011 – CHIMERASCOPE (collection)

The CBC Bookies Awards

The Bookies were reader-voted annual awards of the CBC Book Club, with awards given in sixteen different categories.

Finalist — Best Collection:

2011 – CHIMERASCOPE

The Alberta Magazine Awards

An annual juried awards program of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association which "honours and celebrates the work of magazine makers – the editors, art directors, writers, photographers, illustrators, and other creators" in Alberta. Final 2022/23 ballot.

Finalist — Fiction:

2023 – "Gypsy Biker's Coming Home" (On Spec Magazine, July 2022)

The Prix Masterton

The Prix Masterton is a juried French award established in 2000 by Marc Bailly to pay tribute to Graham Masterton, "a writer who has left his mark on fantasy literature since the late 1970s." The prize is awarded in three categories: Best Novel in French, Best Translated Novel, and Best Short Story Collection, all within the literature of the fantastic.

Juried Short List Selection — Best Collection:

2012 – LA DANSE DES ESPRITS

The Prix Bob Morane

The Prix Bob Morane is a juried French award established in 1999 to pay tribute to Bob Morane, the fictional creation of French writer Henri Vernes. The character appeared in comic books, television series, cartoons and even video games. The prize is awarded in three categories: Best Novel in French, Best Translated Novel, and Best Short Story Collection, for works in any of the genres covered by Morane's adventures: science fiction, fantasy, espionage, and thrillers.

Juried Short List Selection — Best Collection:

2012 – LA DANSE DES ESPRITS

"Best of" Anthologies

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #13

2002 – “By Her Hand, She Draws You Down” (featured story)

Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror

2004 – “Scream Angel” (honourable mention)

2000 – “State of Disorder” (honourable mention)

2000 – “Spirit Dance” (honourable mention)

Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing

2013 – “The Walker of the Shifting Borderland” (honourable mention)

ISFDB Top Stories of the Year

2000 – “La Danse des Esprits” (translation of “Spirit Dance”)