South Australian Premier's Awards, New South Wales Premier's Literary, Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Awards
2011: Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a poetry collection for Starlight: 150 Poems
2011: The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for Starlight: 150 Poems
2009: Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship (six-week residency in Umbria)
2008: South Australian Premier's Awards Premier's Prize for the best book overall 2006 and 2007 for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2008: South Australian Premier's Awards John Bray prize for poetry for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2007: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2006: Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry Prize for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
1993: The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for At the Florida
1989: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Under Berlin
1988: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Under Berlin
2011: Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a poetry collection for Starlight: 150 Poems
2011: The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for Starlight: 150 Poems
2009: Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship (six-week residency in Umbria)
2008: South Australian Premier's Awards Premier's Prize for the best book overall 2006 and 2007 for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2008: South Australian Premier's Awards John Bray prize for poetry for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2007: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
2006: Victorian Premier's Literary Award C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry Prize for Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected
1993: The Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry for At the Florida
1989: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Under Berlin
1988: Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Under Berlin
Creative Arts Fellowship
Tranter's significance to Australian poetry has been recognised by the Australia Council, which awarded him a Creative Arts Fellowship in 1990, and by fellow poets "who acknowledge his role as innovator and experimentalist".
Tranter's significance to Australian poetry has been recognised by the Australia Council, which awarded him a Creative Arts Fellowship in 1990, and by fellow poets "who acknowledge his role as innovator and experimentalist".