Don Aker: Timeline
- He began to write after going to the Martha's Vineyard Summer Writing Workshop in 1988.
- Atlantic Writing Competition’s 1989 Short Fiction First Prize for “The Invitation”
- Won the nonfiction and short fiction categories of the WFNS(Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia)in 1989 and 1990
- And the National Literary Competition in 1990(these two awards influenced him to begin writing and publishing books)
- Canadian Living Magazine's 1990 National Literary Competition First Prize (short fiction category) for "The Test"
- Atlantic Writing Competition’s 1990 Nonfiction First Prize for "V-Day: Anatomy of a Surgery"
- Dandelion Magazine's 1991 Short Fiction Competition Third Prize for "Scars"
- Of Things Not Seen by Don Aker (Jul 1 1995)
- Atlantic Canada’s 1996 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Of Things Not Seen
- Canadian Authors Association’s 1996 Lilla Stirling Award for Of Things Not Seen
- Stranger at Bay by Don Aker (Sep 1 1997)
- One of four writers chosen for the Atlantic Film Festival's 1998 Script Development Program
- The Toronto Star's 2002 Short Story Contest Runner-Up Prize for "Everything Gets Dead"
- Atlantic Canada’s 2004 Ann Connor Brimer Award for The First Stone
- Ontario Library Association’s 2004 White Pine Award for The First Stone
- Four Corners: Winging it: How Birds Adapt by Don Aker (May 25 2004) ·
- First Stone by Don Aker (Sep 2 2004) ·
- One On One by Don Aker (Aug 25 2005) ·
- The First Stone was one of five young adult novels chosen for discussion on CBC Radio's 2006 Young Canada Reads series
- New Language, New Friends by Don Aker (Apr 14 2006)
- Canadian Authors Association’s 2007 Lilla Stirling Award for One on One
- Canadian Library Association’s 2008 Honour Book Award for The Space Between
- The Space Between by Don Aker (Nov 10 2009) ·
- One of four writers chosen for the Atlantic Film Festival's 2010 Inspired Script Workshops
- The Fifth Rule by Don Aker (Feb 14 2011) ·
- Running on Empty by Don Aker (May 1 2012)