Book Awards 2022: Shortlists
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2022 Book Awards Shortlists, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award.
The winners – who will each receive $2000 thanks to funding from Canada Council for the Arts , Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council, – will be announced on May 5, 2022. This announcement will be shared via our newsletter and social media, so be sure to follow @CanadianPoets to keep up to date on all the latest announcements and news.
The winners of the 2022 Book Awards will be announced on May 5, 2022.
2022 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD SHORTLIST
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.
Undoing Hours by Selina Boan (Nightwood Editions)
Dream of No One but Myself by David Bradford (Brick Books)
Creeland by Dallas Hunt (Nightwood Editions)
Qorbanot: Offerings by Alisha Kaplan (SUNY)
I will be more myself in the next world by Matsuki Masutani (Mother Tongue Publishing)
Mouthfuls of Space by Tom Prime (Anvil Press)
Intruder by Bardia Sinaee (House of Anansi Press)
See the Press package including author photos, bios, and juror comments:
LCP Book Awards 2022: Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Shortlist
2022 PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD SHORTLIST
Open to Canadian women, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award has been awarded annually since 1981 for a book of poetry published in the preceding year. This prize is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The award carries a $2000 prize, and is sponsored by the LCP.
Field Requiem by Sheri Benning (Carcanet Press)
Undoing Hours by Selina Boan (Nightwood Editions)
Dear Birch, by Margaret Christakos (Palimpsest Press)
Moldovan Hotel by Leah Horlick (Brick Books)
il virus by Lillian Nećakov (Anvil Press)
sulphurtongue by Rebecca Salazar (McClelland & Stewart)
2022 RAYMOND SOUSTER AWARD SHORTLIST
The Raymond Souster Award was started in 2013 to honour Raymond Souster, an early founder of the League of Canadian Poets. The award is presented annually for a book of poetry by a League member published in the preceding year. The award carries a $2000 prize, and is sponsored by the LCP.
The Untranslatable I by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press)
The Lost Time Accidents by Síle Englert (Goose Lane Editions)
awâsis – kinky and dishevelled by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer (Brick Books)
Moldovan Hotel by Leah Horlick (Brick Books)
Bearmen Descend Upon Gimli by D.A. Lockhart (Frontenac House)
Broken Dawn Blessings by Adam Sol (ECW Press)
Resurrection Fail by John Wall Barger (Spuyten Duyvil Press)
See the Press package including author photos, bios, and juror comments: