In 1988 he won in the poetry category in a competition by Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly (). His poems have been anthologized in The Antigonish Review, Contemporary Verse 2, Cross-Canada Writers' Magazine, DIS-EASE, Fiddlehead, Germination, Grain, Implosion, Matrix, Museletter, Poetry Canada Review, Poetry Toronto, Quarry Magazine, Toronto Life, The Toronto Sun, Waves, and Zymergy  and in three anthologies: Garden Varieties, The Dry Wells of India, and More Garden Varieties.
In 1988, he won in the poetry category of a competition organized by Cross-Canada Writers' Quarterly. His poems have been included in various anthologies and publications.