2019 Award Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to announce the winners of our annual awards: the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Raymond Souster Award, and the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award. These awards are given in recognition of incredible talents in Canadian poetry. Each winner will receive $2000, thanks to funding from Canada Council for the Arts , Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and Canada Book Fund.
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for a debut book of poetry
2019 Winner: Obits. by Tess Liem (Coach House Books)
Pat Lowther Memorial Award for a book of poetry by a woman
2019 Winner: Ekke by Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press)
Raymond Souster Award for a book of poetry by a League member
2019 Winner: I left nothing inside on purpose by Stevie Howell (McClelland & Stewart)
Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for excellence and innovation in spoken word poetry
2019 Winner: Andrea Thompson
You can view the 2019 Book Awards shortlists here.
PAST WINNERS
2015 RAYMOND SOUSTER AWARD WINNER & SHORTLIST:
Jury: Micheline Maylor, Susan McMaster, D.C. Reid
WINNER: Washita by Patrick Lane (Harbour Publishing)
Hyena Subpoena by Catherine Kidd (Popolo Press / Wired on Words)
Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths by Susan Paddon (Brick Books)
Pluck by Laisha Rosnau (Nightwood Editions)
Complicity by Adam Sol (McClelland & Stewart)
Janey’s Arcadia by Rachel Zolf (Coach House Books)
2015 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER & SHORTLIST:
Jury: Sonja Greckol, Charles Mountford, David Seymour
WINNER: For Your Safety Please Hold On by Kayla Czaga (Nightwood Editions)
And I Alone Escaped to Tell You by Sylvia D. Hamilton (Gaspereau Press Ltd.)
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ [Sharps] by Stevie Howell (icehouse poetry)
Inheritance by Kerry-Lee Powell (Biblioasis)
Failure to Thrive by Suzannah Showler (ECW Press Ltd.)
The Quiet by Anne-Marie Turza (House of Anansi Press Inc.)
2015 PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER & SHORTLIST:
Jury: Di Brandt, Candice James, Concetta Principe
WINNER: M x T by Sina Queyras (Coach House Books)
Halfling Spring: an internet romance by Joanne Arnott (Kegedonce Press)
School by Jen Currin (Coach House Books)
Tree Line by Judy Halebsky (New Issues Poetry & Prose)
A Quiet Coming of Light by Jude Neale (Leaf Press)
Cinema of the Present by Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
2015 SHERI-D WILSON GOLDEN BERET AWARD WINNER:
2015 Jury: bill bissett, Moe Clark and Sheri-D Wilson
WINNER: Penn Kemp
Previous Recipients: 2014 – bill bissett (Toronto, ON); 2013 – Tanya Evanson (Vancouver, BC); 2012 – Kirk Miles (Calgary, AB); 2011 – Ian Ferrier (Montreal, QC); 2010 – Wendy Morton (Victoria, BC); 2009 – Lillian Allen (Toronto, ON); 2008 – Sarah Murphy (Calgary, AB); 2007 – Murdoch Burnett (Comox, BC).