Awards
- 2011: Victorian Premier's Literary Awards CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry
- 2004: IP Picks. Winner for Joyflight
- 2004: Ginninderra Press Short Story Competition. Winner
- 2002: The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize for Signs of Other Fires
- 2001 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. Highly Commended for Signs of Other Fires
- 2000 & 2001: The Age Short Story Award
- 1997: ANUTECH Literary Prize. Short Story Winner for White Flight
- 1996 & 1997: HQ/HarperCollins Short Story Competition. Shortlisted
- 1994 & 1995: Scarlett Stiletto. Winner
Other awards: The Herald/Sun Short Story Award
The 2007 Sisters in Crime Scarlett Stiletto Awards include a category named for Kennedy: "The Cate Kennedy Award for Best New Talent ($350)"
Read more about this topic: Cate Kennedy