2021 Book Awards: Longlists
The League of Canadian Poets is thrilled to announce the 2021 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 2021!
Learn more about the 2021 awards and celebrate the poetry of 2020:
2021 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 2020-2021 jurors of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award: Nisha Patel, DA Lockhart & Phoebe Wang!
The Response of Weeds by Bertrand Bickersteth (NeWest Press)
Burning Sugar by Cicely Belle Blain (Arsenal Pulp Press)
the gospel of breaking by Jillian Christmas (Arsenal Pulp Press)
The Lost Cafeteria by Joel Robert Ferguson (Signature Editions)
ZOM-FAM by Kama La Mackerel (Metonymy Press)
I Am Still Your Negro by Valerie Mason-John (University of Alberta Press)
Washes, Prays by Noor Naga (McClelland & Stewart)
Where Things Touch by Bahar Orang (Book*hug Press)
Bones by Tyler Pennock (Brick Book)
bittersweet by Natasha Ramoutar (Mawenzi House)
Tablet Fragments by Tamar Rubin (Signature Editions)
Pluviophile by Yusuf Saadi (Nightwood Editions)
2021 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 2020-2021 jurors of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Doyali Islam, Cassidy McFadzean and Puneet Dutt!
Burning Sugar by Cicely Belle Blain (Arsenal Pulp Press)
sick by Jody Chan (Black Lawrence Press)
the gospel of breaking by Jillian Christmas (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Black Matters by Afua Cooper (Roseway Publishing)
The Outer Wards by Sadiqa de Meijer (Véhicule Press/Signal Poetry)
A Map of Rain Days by Jennifer Hosein (Guernica Editions)
Body Count by Kyla Jamieson (Nightwood Editions)
Walking Ground by shalan joudry (Gaspereau Press)
Pineapple Express by Evelyn Lau (Anvil Press)
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart)
Washes, Prays by Noor Naga (McClelland & Stewart)
footlights by Pearl Pirie (Radiant Press)
2021 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 2020-2021 jurors of the Raymond Souster Award: Jacob MacArthur Mooney, Cheryl Antao-Xavier and David Martin!
The Outer Wards by Sadiqa de Meijer (Vehiculde Press/Signal Poetry)
Hell Light Flesh by Klara du Plessis (Palimpest Press)
Niagara & Government by Phil Hall (Pedlar Press)
The Fool by Jessie Jones (Goose Lane Editions)
The Dyzgraphxst by Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart)
The Whole Singing Ocean by Jessica Moore (Nightwood Editions)
Bones by Tyler Pennock (Brick Books)
Burning Province by Michael Prior (McClelland & Stewart)
Lullabies in the Real World by Meredith Quartermain (NeWest Press)
Nautilus and Bone by Lisa Richter (Frontenac House)
Junebat by John Elizabeth Stintzi (House of Anansi Press)
Word Problems by Ian Williams (Coach House Books)
2021 Jurors
Thank you to our jurors, for all your hard work and careful reading of the incredible poetry released last year!