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Patricia Smith: Awards and Best-of Lists

Patricia Smith has won 4 awards, including the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (2007) for Teahouse of the Almighty, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 4 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected PoemsNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2025The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected PoemsNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2025The Intentions of ThunderPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2023UnshutteredBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Poetry
2023Unshuttered: PoemsNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Adults
2018Incendiary ArtKingsley Tufts Poetry Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
2018Incendiary ArtHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2018Incendiary ArtPulitzer Prize (Poetry) source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2017Incendiary Art: PoemsLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2008Blood DazzlerNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2007Teahouse of the AlmightyHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry

Books

  1. Incendiary Art4 sources · 2017 to 2018
  2. The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems3 sources · 2025
  3. Unshuttered2 sources · 2023
  4. Blood Dazzler1 source · 2008
  5. Teahouse of the Almighty1 source · 2007