In Cuba, Venegas won the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Cultural (National Prize for Cultural Journalism) in 1998 for his interview "Silvio Rodríguez, anxiety is the price of being yourself."
In 2015, Venegas was awarded the Premio Caonabo de Oro,[REF] the most well-known award granded by the Dominican Association of Journalists and Writers, for "his contributions to Dominican journalism and the great career he has had in the Dominican Republic as a writer and consultant".