May Swenson Poetry Award winner 9 "2012 finalist Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 3 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize 3 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award 3 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor 3 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 3 "2016 finalist Miller Williams poetry prize"--Cover 2 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2 "2011 winner Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 1 "2012 winner Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 1 "2013 finalist Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 1 "2013 winner Miller Williams poetry prize"--Cover 1 "2014 finalist Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 1 "2015 winner Miller Williams poetry prize"--Cover 1 "Finalist Miller Williams Arkansas poetry prize"--Cover 1 "New York University Press prize for poetry." 1 "Winner of the Iowa poetry prize" 1 2012 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize 1 2013 Colorado Prize for Poetry 1 A Junior Library Guild selection 1 American Book Award 1 American Book Award (won) 1 Beatrice Hawley Award 1 Bergen Art Festival, Norway 1 Caldecott Honor 1 Cave Canem Poetry Prize 1 Coretta Scott King Author Honor 1 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award 1 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry 1 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry 1 Iowa Poetry Prize 1 Iowa poetry prize 1 Juniper Prize in Poetry 1 Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry 1 Koret Jewish Book Awards (nominated) 1 Lambda Literary Award 1 Michael L. Printz Honor 1 National Book Award, Poetry 1 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist 1 Pulitzer Prize for poetry 1 Winner 1 Winner Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 1 Winner of the 2009 Juniper Prize for Poetry 1 Winner of the 2016 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry 1 Winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry 1 Won 2011 Humanitas Prize 1 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Legacy Award for Poetry 1