American Book Award
Rudolfo Anaya
Gloria Anzaldúa
Jose Antonio Burciaga
Ana Castillo
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Martin Espada
Diana Garcia
Tato Laviera
Cherríe Moraga
Leroy V. Quintana
Abraham Rodriguez
Luis Alberto Urrea
Alma Luz Villanueva
Tino Villanueva

Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Julia Alvarez for Before We Were Free
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Before Columbus American Book Award
Rudolfo Anaya for Tortuga

Edgar Allan Poe Literary Award
Books by Sandra Maria Esteves

Eduardo Cote Lamus National Poetry Award
Jaime Manrique

Chicano/Latino Literary Award
Manuel Ramos
Elaine Romero (Playwright)

George Foster Peabody Award
Richard Rodriguez

Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature
Julia Alvarez
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Luis J. Rodriguez

Humanitas Award for Screenwriting
Josefina Lopez

International Latino Book Award:
Best Bilingual Picture Book (2006)
& Special Recognition 2006 Paterson Prize
(For Books for Young People)
Rene Colato Lainez for I Am Rene, The Boy

John Dos Passos Prize for Literature
Helena Maria Viramontes

Lannan Foundation Literary Award
Sandra Cisneros

Larry Neal Writers Award for Poetry
Naomi Ayala

Latino Book Award for Multicultural Fiction
Lorraine M. López

National Book Award
Carlos Eire
Cristina Garcia
Alberto Rios
Gary Soto
Luis Alberto Urrea

Obie Award
José Rivera

Paterson Young Adult Book Award
Luis J. Rodriguez

2007 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández

PEN American Beyond Margins Award
Richard Blanco
Willie Perdomo

Pen Book Award Winner:
Dagoberto Gilb

PEN Center West Award for Best Fiction
Sandra Cisneros

PEN/Faulkner
Francisco Goldman

PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction
Junot Diaz

PEN/Martha Albrand Special Citation for Nonfiction
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Pen Oakland/Josephine Miles Award
Julia Alvarez for How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Kathleen de Azevedo for Samba Dreamers (2007)
Alma Luz Villanueva

Premio Aztlán Award
Sergio Troncoso

Premio Quinto Sol Award
Rudolfo Anaya

Publishers Weekly "Ten Best Books of the Year"
Victor Hernandez Cruz for Red Beans

Pulitzer Prize
Junot Diaz for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008)
Oscar Hijuelos for Fiction (Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love)
Achy Obejas for Journalism
Mirta Ojito for Journalism

Pushcart Prize
Books by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Ray Gonzalez
Alberto Rios

Southwest Book Award
Pat Mora

Thorpe Menn Award
Gloria Vando

Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award
Pat Mora for Tomas and the Library Lady

University of California Irvine's Chicano/Latino Literary Prize
Jo Ann Yolanda Hernández