The League of Canadian Poets is thrilled to announce the 2018 Book Awards longlists for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award,  Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award.

Please join us in celebrating the incredible poetry of 2017!

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2018 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD LONGLIST

Awarded annually since 1981, the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert, an arts administrator who organized author tours and took a particular interest in the work of new writers. The award recognizes a first book of poetry published by a Canadian writer in the preceding year. The award carries a $2000 prize and is sponsored by the LCP.

Thank you to the jurors of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award: Laura McRae, Sandra Ridley and Clea Roberts!

Otolith by Emily Nilsen (Goose Lane Editions)

Admission Requirements by Phoebe Wang (McClelland & Stewart)

Faunics by Jack Davis (Pedlar Press)

The Rules of the Kingdom by Julie Paul (McGill-Queen’s University Press)

This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Frontenac House)

Thin Air of the Knowable by Wendy Donowa (Brick Books)

iolaire by Karen Clavelle (Turnstone Press)

Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin (Wolsak & Wynn)

The Divining Pool by Amanda Merritt (Wundor Editions)

The Panic Room by Rebecca Păpucaru (Nightwood Editions)

Better Nature by Fenn Stewart (Book*hug)

Fragments, Desire by Onjana Yawnghwe (Oolichan Books)

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2018 PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD LONGLIST

The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a woman in Canada, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975.  The award carries a $2,000 prize.

This award is inclusive of trans women and non-binary individuals who feel comfortable being recognized by a women’s prize.

Thank you to the jurors of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Jaclyn Desforges, Elee Kraljii Gardiner and Jody Chan!

Indianland by Lesley Belleau (ARP Books)

Feel Happier in Nine Seconds by Linda Besner (Coach House Books)

The Corpses of the Future by Lynn Crosbie (House of Anansi Press)

Bicycle Thieves by Mary di Michele (EWC Press)

Museum of Kindness by Susan Elmslie (Brick Books)

Penelope by Sue Goyette (Gaspereau Press)

Linger, Still by Aislinn Hunter (Gaspereau Press)

Siren by Kateri Lanthier (Véhicule Press)

Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin (Wolsak & Wynn)

Little Wildheart by Micheline Maylor (University of Alberta Press)

All We Saw by Anne Michaels (McClelland & Stewart)

Otolith by Emily Nilsen (Goose Lane Editions)

Dear Ghost by Catherine Owen (Wolsak & Wynn)

Thing Is by Suzannah Showler (McClelland & Stewart)

Admission Requirements by Phoebe Wang (McClelland & Stewart)

Breathing at Dusk by Beth Goobie (Coteau Books)

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2018 RAYMOND SOUSTER LONGLIST

The Raymond Souster Award is given for a book of poetry by a League of Canadian Poets member. The award honours Raymond Souster, an early founder of the League of Canadian Poets. The award carries a $2,000 prize.

Thank you to the 2017-2018 jurors of the Raymond Souster Award: Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Almeda Miller and Jimmy McInnes!

Cloud Physics by Karen Enns (University of Regina Press)

Late Style by Barry Dempster (Pedlar Press)

Thin Air of the Knowable by Wendy Donowa (Brick Books)

Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes by Jennifer LoveGrove (Book*hug)

Little Wildheart by Micheline Maylor (University of Alberta Press)

This Real by Concetta Principe (Pedlar Press)

Dead White Men by Shane Rhodes (Coach House Books)

Mischief by John Terpstra (Gaspereau Press)

This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Frontenac House)

The Better Monsters by Puneet Dutt (Mansfield Press)

Slow War by Benjamin Hertwig (McGill-Queen’s University Press)

Trailer Park Elegy by Cornelia Hoogland (Harbour Publishing)

Voodoo Hypothesis by Canisia Lubrin (Wolsak & Wynn)

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2017-2018 Jurors 

Thank you to our jurors, for all your hard work and careful reading of the incredible poetry released last year!

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