 In 2009, she received the Robert Creeley Award, from the Robert Creeley Foundation.In 2017 Sanchez was honored at the 16th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Awards in a ceremony held on June 29 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem.In 2018, she won the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets for proven mastery in the art of poetry.