Honors and Awards
Ghigna's hard work and dedication have earned him numerous awards and honors including, but not limited to, the following:
- Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Mary Roberts Reinehart Foundation; the Rockefeller Brothers F Fund; and the Library of Congress (Laubenthal, 2007).
- Writer’s Digest, National Poetry Writing Competition for “Divers,” - first place
- International Sakira Haiku Writing Competition for “October,”- first place
- Pulitzer Prize nomination for Returning to Earth
- Helen Keller Literary Award
- American Booksellers Association 'Pick of the List' for Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose and for Riddle Rhymes
- Book-of-the-Month - Parents Club featured in Scholastic book
- Choice Book Awards
- SEBA Book Award
- Alabama Library Association Book Award - Juvenile
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