- 1982 – South West Arts Literature Award
- 1985 – National Poetry Competition, First Prize
- 1989 – Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Best First Collection, Electroplating the Baby
- 1989 – New Statesman Prudence Farmer Award
- 1991 – National Poetry Competition, First Prize
- 1999 – Forward Poetry Prize, Best Poetry Collection of the Year, My Life Asleep
- 2002 – Created CBE (Refused)[8]
- 2006 – Cholmondeley Award
- 2010 – Costa Book Award, Poetry, Of Mutability[14]
- 2011 – The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry[17]
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