Sweet has won several awards for her poetry including the Diane Decorah Award, the Posner Award, the Woman of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Women's Council, and the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Book Award for Poetry. In 2004 she became the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin.
Books by Denise Sweet
Palominos Near Tuba City: New & Selected Poems, Holy Cow! Press, April, 2018
Songs for Discharming, Greenfield Review Press
Days of Obsidian, Days of Grace, Poetry Harbor Press
Know By Heart, Rhiannon Press
Anthologies
Nitaawichige: Selected Poetry and Prose by Four Anishinaabe Writers, Poetry Harbor