Suzanne Lummis - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

In 1996, Suzanne was awarded the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award in Creative Writing. The late Drama-Logue honored two of her Los Angeles productions with playwriting awards. She was the recipient of a Rockefeller Grant for playwriting. Twice, the Poetry Society of America has selected Suzanne's poems to be displayed on public transportation in their Poetry in Motion Project. In 2006, WriteGirl awarded Suzanne their Bold Ink Award, which honors the voices of fearless women writers. Suzanne is included in the new five-volume Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry (2005). In February 2008, a tribute was held in honor of Suzanne at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice Beach, CA. In response to this tribute is was said, “If L.A. has anything like a poetry ‘community’ these days, I think it is in large part owing to the presence of Suzanne Lummis—one of L.A.'s major poetic voices, a highly influential teacher, keeper of the dark flame of L.A. noir, and one of the leading graduates of the historically important Fresno poetry scene. May she thrive, and may L.A. poetry thrive with her.”—B.H. Fairchild.

In 2009 she was among the 45 writers selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to represent literary Los Angeles at the Guadalajara International Book Fair, which last year explored the history and arts of Los Angeles.