 In addition, she has coedited three Canadian anthologies and has won many awards for her nonfiction, including the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction (2006).Her novel "Arms" was described by "The Globe and Mail" as a "verbal heartache, a bravura performance of language and perverse imagination".Sonik was among 10 authors longlisted for the 2012 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.