Awards
- 1981 – Fellow of Ohio Arts Council (in poetry)
- 1982-83 – Ingram Merrill fellow (in poetry)
- 1984 – National Endowment for the Arts, fellow
- 1984 – Gustav Davidson Award from Poetry Society of America, for "The Map of Emotions"
- 1985 – Fellow of Ohio Arts Council (in poetry)
- 1985 – Ohioana Library Award in poetry and Ohio Poetry Day Award, both for A Drink at the Mirage
- 1987 – Fellow of Ohio Arts Council (in poetry and in criticism)
- 1988 – grant from Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts
- 1989 – Ingram Merrill fellow (in poetry)
- 1989 – grant from Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts
- 1993 – National Jewish Book Award, for Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas
- 1994 – Living the Dream Award, for Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas
- 1994 – Dog Writers of America Maxwell Medallion, for Kids' Best Dog Book
- 1996 – Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance Once Upon a World Book Award, for A School for Pompey Walker
- 1997 – Alice Wood Memorial Career Award for Children's Literature, Ohioana Library
- 1998 – Ohioana Library Award, Juvenile Literature, for The Heart Is Big Enough
- 1998 – Ohio Arts Council Artist Exchange Sabbatical to Israel
- 1999 – Elizabeth Matchett Stover Memorial Award, Southwest Review, for Best Poem of 1999.
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