2021
Judge’s Choice, Dr. Drummond Poetry Contest for “weirding”
Honourable Mention, Love Lies Bleeding Anthology Contest, The Ontario Poetry Society, for “Letter to Anna Akhmatova”
Longlisted, The Fish Poetry Prize (UK), for “body singing”
2020
Judge’s Choice, Ultra Short Poem Competition, The Ontario Poetry Society, for “When we think”
Runner-up, erbacce-poetry prize (UK)
Longlisted for the Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest, The New Quarterly, for “Journeyed: an attempt at a narrative”
Longlisted for The Fish Poetry Prize (UK) for “life print, in points”
Honourable mention for “after the wedding”, The Banister Niagara Poetry Anthology vol. 35
2019
Shortlisted for the Guernica Prize (for unpublished novel, A Twitch in the Bones)
Shortlisted for The Golden Grassroots Chapbook Contest (for unpublished chapbook, August on her hands), The Ontario Poetry Society
Honourable mention in the Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Contest (for unpublished chapbook, An Archaeology of Desire)
2018
Honourable mention for “Ex-house”, Open Heart 13: Anthology of Canadian Poetry, Beret Days Press.
2016
Honourable mention for “Drift, after Souster’s ‘The Six Quart Basket'” in The Banister, Niagara Poetry Anthology, vol. 31
Honourable mention for “Pulsing”, Open Heart 10: Anthology of Canadian Poetry, Beret Days Press.
Renée M. Sgroi, poet & novelist 