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The Oklahoma Arts Council announced on Monday that U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will be designated an Oklahoma Cultural Treasure in recognition of her contributions. Broken Arrow's Own Kristin Chenoweth will also be recognized as an Oklahoma Cultural Ambassador.

The National Native American Hall of Fame (NNAHOF) this week announced eight new inductees from across Indian Country, celebrated for their contributions in Native advocacy, politics, athletics, arts, health, and culture preservation and revitalization.

A wonderful piece of news! The Passigli edition of Un delta nella pelle won one of the most important poetry prizes – IL PREMIO CAMAIOR!

This year’s Lilly Prize winner discusses the intersection of poetry and music, as well as the women’s rights and Indigenous rights movements that much her poetry is borne out of.

Joy Harjo awarded Griffin Poetry Prize!

Joy has received the 2015 Wallace Stevens Award for proven mastery in the art of poetry by the Academy of American Poets.

Joy Harjo wins in Creative Nonfiction for “Crazy Brave” at 2013 PEN Literary Awards!

Institute of American Indian Arts

Joy Harjo has been honored for her most recent book, Crazy Brave, A Memoir (W.W. Norton & Company). This was her second American Book Award.

http://www.iaia.edu/news/iaia-alumni-receive-american-book-awards/

Sundance Institute today announced that Joy Harjo is one of seven artists selected for its 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation, February 4-22, 2013.

http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/seven-artists-selected-for-2013-sundance-institute-playwrights-retreat-at-u/