Honors and Awards

Ko Won’s 10th Literary Award for “The War Still Within” Book 2020                                 

Moon Prize for “The Way To Cross the Desert” 2020                                                       

Pushcart Nomination “The War Still Inside You” 2018

Yoon Don Ju Literary Award (1st Korean-American Winner) 2018

Semi-Finalist Jack Grapes Poetry Contest 2018

Awarded Funding from Korean Cultural Center 2018

Finalist The Frontier Digital Chapbook Contest 2018

Semi-Finalist The Stories That Need To Be Told 2018

Finalist Ko Won Literature Award 2017

Honorable Mention Jack Grapes Poetry Contest 2017

Moon Prize for “Comfort Woman” 2017

Finalist “Mustard Flowers Falling,” Los Angeles Poets Society 2017

Interview: “Tanya Ko, American Poet, Invited to PEN International Congress of Writers Writing in Korean” 2015

Honorable Mention for “Comfort Woman,” Women’s National Book Association 2015

Daesan Foundation Grant 2015

Art & Poetry Exhibit The Korea Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 1992

Art & Poetry Exhibit The Korea Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 1990

First Prize The Echo’s Literary Contest in Poetry 1987

Second Place The Korean American Christian Writers Association 1987