Sandy Prater's work has received many awards over her career. Here are a few of them:

IABC Award of Merit (Seattle Chapter), 2001, Community Counts: Report on the Strength of King County Neighborhoods
IABC is a professional association of more than 18,000 people in 40 countries. Awards are given annually to recognize outstanding contributions from people and organizations in the communications profession.

Dalton Pen Award, 2001, Community Counts: Report on the Strength of King County Neighborhoods
Warwick Publishing, which bestows the awards, says, "The Dalton Pen program is about honoring those communicators whose projects and programs stand out from other pieces of remarkable work. It is uplifting to be identified as being especially clever, effective or inventive."

Award for Publication Excellence from Communications Concepts, 1995, Federal Government Review, a U S WEST business magazine

IABC Award of Merit (Portland, OR, Chapter), 1994, Series of business magazines for U S WEST

Award of Excellence, 1991, 1992 and 1993, U S WEST Public Policy President's Award

Multiple Awards for Community Service from such organizations as United Way of King County (Washington) and Local Initiative Support Corporation headquartered in New York City.