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Pat's Awards

ACADEMIC HONORS

2006 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo

2004 Distinguished Alumna, University of Texas at El Paso

1999 Carruthers Chair Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of New Mexico


FELLOWSHIPS

2003 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Umbria, Italy

1994 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry

1986 Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship


LITERARY AWARDS

2007 Roberta Long Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Children, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007

2006 National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award

2002 "Literary Light for Children,” Associates of the Boston Public Library

2002 “100 Library Champions” Texas Library Association’s Centennial

2000 Ohioana Award for Children’s Literature

1990 Poetry Award, Conference of Cincinnati Women

1988 Authors of the Pass:  El Paso Herald-Post Writers Hall of Fame

1987 Elected to Texas Institute of Letters

1983 Creative Writing Award, National Association for Chicano Studies

1982 Poetry Award, New America: Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest


ADULT BOOK AWARDS

Adobe Odes (University of Arizona Press)
           International Latino Book Award, Best Poetry in English, 2007
           Bronze Medal in Poetry, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
           Spur Poetry Finalist, Western Writers of America, 2007

Selections from “Adobe Odes,” Pellicer-Frost Bi-national Poetry Award, 1999

House of Houses (Beacon Press)
            Southwest Books Award, Border Regional Library Association 1997
            Premio Aztlán Literature Award, 1997

Borders (Arte Público Press)
            Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 1987

Chants (Arte Público Press)
            Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 1985
            Harvey L. Johnson Book Award, Southwest Council of Latin American
                        Studies, 1984


YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARDS

My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults (Piñata/Arte Público Press)
            The New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age List, 2001
            Tayshas Reading List, Young Adult Round Table, Texas Library
                        Association, 2001-2002
            Finalist, Writers’ League of Texas, 2001


CHILDREN'S BOOKS (in alphabetical order)

The Bakery Lady/La señora de la panadería (Piñata Books/Arte Público Press)
            Latino Literary Hall of Fame, Second Place, Children’s Picture Book Category, 2002

A Birthday Basket for Tía(Simon & Schuster)
            Utah Governor’s September Children’s Book-of-the-Month, 2004
            Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 1994

This Big Sky (Scholastic)
            Book Publishers of Texas Award, Best Book for Children or Young
                        People, Texas Institute of Letters, 1999
            Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, American
                        Library Association, 1999
            Finalist in the Children’s Literature, PEN Center West, 1999
            “One Hundred Books for Reading and Sharing,” The New York Public Library, 1998

Confetti: Poems for Children (Lee & Low Books)
            Arizona Governor’s Book Award, 2004
            Notable Books for a Global Society, International Reading Association, 1996
            CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children’s Book Center), 1996
            Américas Award, Commended List, Consortium of Latin American Studies
                        Programs (CLASP), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996

The Desert Is My Mother:  El desierto es mi madre (Piñata Books/Arte Público Press)
            Honor Award in Nature and Ecology, Skipping Stones Magazine, 1995

Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (Knopf)
            Golden Kite Award, Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI), 2005
            ALA Notable Books, American Library Association (ALA), 2005
            Pura Belpré Honor Award (narrative), 2005
            New York Public Library Books for Reading and Sharing, 2005
                       
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inéz (Knopf)
           Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended List, Feminist Task Force of the
                        Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association, 2004
            Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, Southwest
                        Texas State University, 2003
            Americas Commended List, Consortium of Latin American Studies
                        Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2003

Love to Mamá (Lee & Low Books)
            Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award, 2001
            Outstanding Merit, Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street College, 2001
            Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, NCSS/CBC, 2001

Maria Paints the Hills (Museum of New Mexico Press)
            Texas Institute of Letters, Finalist, Austin Public Library Award for Best
                         Children’s Book, 2003

Pablo's Tree (Simon & Schuster)
            Américas Award, Commended List, Consortium of Latin American Studies
                        Programs (CLASP), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1994

The Song of Francis and the Animals (Eerdmans Books)
            Second Place, Children’s Books, The Catholic Press Association, 2006
            Special Recognition, Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, 2006

Tomás and the Library Lady
            Selected for Arlington Reads, 2005
            Texas Bluebonnet Master List, 1999-2000                                                                           
            Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award, Southwest
                        Texas State University, 1998
            Teachers' Choices, International Reading Association, 1998
            Honor Award in the Multicultural and International category. Skipping
                        Stones Magazine, 1998
            Americas Commended List, Consortium of Latin American Studies
            Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1997

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