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Awards and Recognitions
For PRODIGAL SUMMER:
- The 2002 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, nomination
For THE POISONWOOD BIBLE:
- Book Sense Top 10 2003 (Number One)
- Independent Publisher Book Awards, Audio Fiction 1999
- American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY)
- Patterson Fiction Prize, The Poetry Center, 1999
- Los Angeles Times Best Books for 1998
- New York Times "Ten Best Books of 1998"
- North 49 Books, Canada, Most Valuable Picks for the Fall 1998 Season
- Village Voice Best Books for 1998
- New York Public Library "25 Books to Remember"
- The Orange Prize, Great Britain, short list
- PEN/Faulkner Award, runner-up
- Pulitzer Prize, runner-up
For PIGS IN HEAVEN:
- Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize
- Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for Fiction
- Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Fiction Award
- American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) nominee
- New York Times Notable Books
- Publisher's Weekly Audio Best of Year
- New York Times Bestseller (hardcover, trade paper)
For ANIMAL DREAMS:
- Pen/USA West Fiction Award
- ABBY finalist
- Edward Abbey Award for Ecofiction
- American Library Association Notable Book
- Arizona Library Association Book of the Year
- New York Times Notable Book
For HOMELAND AND OTHER STORIES:
- American Library Association Notable Book
For THE BEAN TREES:
- Enoch Pratt Library Youth-to-Youth Books Award
- American Library Association Notable Book
- ABBY nominee
- New York Times Notable Book
- Philips Autograph Library, West Chester University, 2000
Additionally:
- Earth Day Award, KY Environmental Quality Commission 2003
- PEN/USA Advisory Board, 2002
- John P. McGovern Award for the Family, 2002
- Physicians for Social Responsibility National Award, 2002
- Frank Waters Award, 2002
- Best American Science and Nature Writing, 2001
- Governor's Award in the Arts, National Award, Kentucky, 2001
- National Humanities Medal, 2000
- 100 Best Writers of the 20th Century, Writers Digest, 1999
- "Best Local Author", Tucson Weekly Best of Tucson Awards, 1992,1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (chosen by city-wide vote).
- Louisville's 50 Favorite Novels: The Bean Trees, 1998
- National Writers Union, Andrea Egan Award, 1998
- Arizona Civil Liberties Union Award, 1998
- Honorary PhD., DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1995.
- Woodrow Wilson Foundation/Lila Wallace Fellowship 1992.
- Citation of Accomplishment from the United Nations National Council of Women of the United States, 1989.
- First Place (Medium Publications, Feature Writing, Short Form), Arizona Press Club, for her profile of author Regan Forest (Tucson Weekly), 1985.
- DePauw University Honor Scholarship, 1973-76.
- Phi Beta Kappa.
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