Oka Rusmini’s works have received many awards. In 2003, Earth Dance received a literary achievement award from the Centre for Language Documentation at the Ministry of Education. She is frequently invited to national and international literary events. In 1997, she represented Indonesia at the ASEAN Writing Program, and in 2003, she was invited to the 2003 Winternachten Festival held in Den Haag and Amsterdam. She was a lso invited to be a guest writer at the University of Hamburg.