Don's Awards
Don has won the following awards for his writing :
2012 — 1st Place, Magazine Feature Article (Other)
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"Death in the Woods" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2009 — 2nd Place, Outdoor Book
(shared with co-writer/editor Duane Radford)
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
Conservation Pride and Passion — Alberta Fish and Game Association
2008 — 1st Place, Brock McRitchie Memorial Writing Award
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"No Child Inside" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2008 — 2nd Place, Magazine Column
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"No Child Inside" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2006 — 1st Place, Outdoor Book
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
The Search for Grizzly One, iUniverse
2006 — 1st Place, Magazine Column
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"Bludgeoning Wabamun Lake" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2005 — Honorable Mention, Young Adult Books
13th Annual Writer's Digest Int. Self-Published Book Awards
The Search for Grizzly One, iUniverse
2004 — 2nd Place, Magazine Feature Article (Fishing)
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"A Northern Honey Hole" — 2003 Alberta Guide to Sportfishing Regulations, Sportscene Publications Inc.
2003 — 3rd Place, Magazine Column
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"Fiddling while Alberta Burns" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2000 — 1st Place, Magazine Column
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"Canned Hunts" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
2000 — 1st Place, Magazine Feature Article (Hunting)
Outdoor Writers of Canada National Communications Awards
"The Morality of the Grizzly Hunt" — Alberta Outdoorsmen
1990 Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
Writers Guild of Alberta
Dog Runner, Western Producer Prairie Books