;Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards • "Caloocan: Balada ng Duguang Tinig" (Special Prize, Tula, 1972) • "Dalit-puri at Iba Pang Tula" (Third Prize, Tula, 1973) • "Si Jesus at si Magdalena" (First Prize, Dulang May Isang Yugto, 1973) • "Dalawampu't Isang Tula" (Third Prize, Tula, 1979) • "Awiyao" (Third Prize, Dulang May Isang Yugto, 1980) • "Mga Abong Pangarap" (First Prize, Dulang Ganap ang Haba, 1983) • "Mga Puntod" (Third Prize, Dulang Ganap ang Haba, 1984) • "Mga Liham ni Pinay at Iba Pang Tula" (First Prize, Tula, 1987) ;CCP Literary Contest • "Ang Pilipinisasyon ni Juan" (First Prize, Verse-Writing, 1974) • "Supling" (First Prize, Verse-Writing, 1975) • "Regla" (Honorable Mention, Verse-Writing, 1977) ;Talaang Ginto, Surian ng Wikang Pambansa • "Kalookan: Balada ng Duguang Tinig" (Honorable Mention, 1972) • "Gabi ng Isang Kasal: Isang Kakintalan" (First Honorable Mention, 1974) • "Anibersaryo: Tagpo at Alaala" (Honorable Mention, 1974) • "Sa Abenida, Sanghapo't Sanggabi" (First Honorable Mention, 1977) • "Ang Pag-ibig ay Di Kasal at Iba Pang Tula" (Second Prize, 1978) • "Hindi Ako Nawawala'y Hinahanap Mo" (Honorable Mention, 1980) • "Gahasa" (First Prize and Poet of the Year Award, 1992) ;
National Book Award for Poetry, Manila Critics Circle, 1990 • "Mga Liham ni Pinay" == References ==