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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, 2007Selections 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, 1987Chants (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, 2002A Birthday Basket for Tía(Simon & Schuster)
Utah Governor’s September Children’s Book-of-the-Month, 2004
Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association, 1994This 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, 1998Confetti: 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, 1996The Desert Is My Mother: El desierto es mi madre (Piñata Books/Arte Público Press)
Honor Award in Nature and Ecology, Skipping Stones Magazine, 1995Doña 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, 2003Love 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, 2001Maria Paints the Hills (Museum of New Mexico Press)
Texas Institute of Letters, Finalist, Austin Public Library Award for Best
Children’s Book, 2003Pablo's Tree (Simon & Schuster)
Américas Award, Commended List, Consortium of Latin American Studies
Programs (CLASP), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1994The 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, 2006Tomás 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