Awards and Grants
- The Law of Return won the Henry Fuerstenberg Award — Betty and Morris Aaron Award for Poetry (the National Canadian Jewish Book Award for Poetry) in 2001.
- The Fertile Crescent was short-listed for the Relit Award
- Poem, "Getting It Down" was short-listed for This Magazine's 1997 Great Canadian Literary Hunt.
- Toronto Arts Council Grant (2000) (1997), Ontario Arts Council Writers Reserve Grants (1997), (2006), Canada Council Explorations Grant (1997).
Karen Shenfeld's works copyright © to the author.