Awards and Honours
Last Airlift: OLA Best Bet, top ten non-fiction list in 2011
Last Airlift: Preliminary list for the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada 2012 Information Book Award
Stolen Child: Starred selection, CCBC Our Choice
Stolen Child: 2012 Saskatchewan Diamond Willow nomination
Stolen Child: 2011 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Honour Book
Stolen Child: Winner of the 2011 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the Americas
Stolen Child: Canadian Library Association 2011 Children’s Book of the Year nomination
Stolen Child: Resource Links Best Book, 2010
Stolen Child: OLA Best Bet, top ten juvenile fiction list in 2010
Stolen Child: Golden Oak nomination, 2011
Stolen Child: Recommended List, IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2011
CANSCAIP silver pin for volunteerism, 2010
Calliope Award for mentorship and excellence in writing, Humber School for Writers, 2010
Named Canadian Ukrainian Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations, 2010.
Marsha has been included in the HERSTORY 2010 Calendar, which profiles and celebrates a selection of outstanding Canadian women each year
Call Me Aram: Golden Oak nomination, 2010
Call Me Aram: Silver Birch Express nomination, 2010
Daughter of War: USBBY Outstanding International Book, 2009
Daughter of War: White Pine nominee, 2009
Daughter of War: YALSA BBYA shortlist, 2009
Daughter of War: Christian High School Book Club selection, 2009
Daughter of War: Resource Links, Best Book 2008
Daughter of War: OLA Best Bets, honourable mention
Awarded the Order of Princess Olha, from President Victor Yushchenko, Ukraine, for her works on the Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine), in particular Enough.
Prisoners in the Promised Land: OLA Best Bets, honourable mention
Prisoners in the Promised Land: Resource Links, Best Book 2007
Aram’s Choice: Golden Oak nominee, 2008
Aram’s Choice: CLA Children’s Book of the Year, shortlist 2007
Aram’s Choice: Resource Links, Best Book 2006
Aram’s Choice: Silver Birch Express nominee, 2007
Named Canadian Ukrainian Woman of Distinction, World Congress of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations, 2006.
Nobody’s Child: nominated for:
BC Stellar Award
Ontario Red Maple Award
Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award
Named a ResourceLinks Best Novel 2004
Hope’s War: nominated for:
Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
Saskatchewan Snow Willow Award
Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award
Enough: a Resource Links Best Picture Book, 2001
Silver Threads: OLA Best Bets 1996,
shortlisted for the Amelia Frances/Howard Gibbon Award for illustration
The Best Gifts: La Leche League International selected book
Marsha consistently receives CCBC’s Our Choice designation for her books
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A bit of a quick drop by for us, but thanks for sningig Aram’s Choice for me. I read it tonight and was so touched by the story. Muriel’s artwork is stunning also.I hope the launch went well. We enjoyed our trip to Georgetown, albeit short. We had a nice lunch at the Market Restaurant before dropping by the Freckled Lion. Once the girls picked out their books they were ready to go. My days of casual chatting are few and far between Congratulations!Helene B
Nice to hear from you, Helene! The launch was awesome!!