| 2023 | So to Speak | Booklist Editors' Choice source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Adult Books: Poetry | |
| 2023 | So to Speak | The New Yorker Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Also Recommended | |
| 2023 | So To Speak | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2019 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Poetry | |
| 2019 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | |
| 2018 | To Float in the Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Criticism | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassins | T. S. Eliot Prize source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Poetry | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Poetry | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | The Atlantic Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Best Books | |
| 2018 | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin | Library Journal Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2016 | How to Be Drawn | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2015 | How to Be Drawn | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2015 | How to Be Drawn | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2015 | How to Be Drawn | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Poetry | |
| 2015 | How to Be Drawn | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |
| 2011 | Lighthead | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2010 | Lighthead | National Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Poetry | |
| 2010 | Lighthead | National Book Critics Circle Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2007 | Wind in a Box | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Poetry | |
| 2006 | Wind in a Box | Publishers Weekly Best Books source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Poetry | |