Richard was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Best New Writer in Canada, the Canadian Authors Association’s Emerging Writer Award, and The Folio Award’s Best Single Article in a Consumer Magazine––all of which he lost to more worthy candidates.
Having won a National Magazine for One-of-a-Kind Essay and been a finalist for two others, Richard’s nonfiction has appeared in Canadian Notes and Queries, Reader’s Digest, and Best Canadian Essays among others.
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- “Footprints in the Sand” in Taddle Creek.
- “The Young Taxidermist of Alberta” in Taddle Creek.
- “Mother’s Day” on CBC Radio’s The Doc Project.
- “The Christmas Village Dictator” on CBC’s The Doc Project.
- “Through the Aquarium Glass” in The Walrus.
- “Sweeping It under the Carpet” in The Walrus.
- “Life After Late Fees” in The Walrus.
- “Playing God” in The Walrus.
- “The Other Side of Lost” in MONTECRISTO Magazine.
- “The Curse of Nostalgia on Millennial Television” in This Magazine.