Joy Harjo won the Wallace Stevens Award in 2015. Joy Harjo won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2017. Joy Harjo won the Frost Medal for Frost Medal recipient in 2024.
| Year | Contest | Category | For | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Frost Medal | Frost Medal recipient | 1 · 2 | |
| 2017 | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize | 1 · 2 | |
| 2015 | Wallace Stevens Award | Wallace Stevens Award | 1 · 2 |