Contests, prizes, and awards: archive

Congratulations to our 2023 winners and finalists!

2023 Book Awards: Winners

May 4, 2023
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2023 Book Awards: Meet the Winners

May 4, 2023
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2023 Book Awards Shortlists

April 20, 2023
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2023 Book Awards Longlists

April 6, 2023
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2023 Book Awards: Meet the Jurors!

March 28, 2023
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“I Don’t Need I Love Yous” by Cindy Patrick  – Winner of the 2023 Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest

September 20, 2023
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“Against Beauty” by Em Dial – Winner of the 2023 Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award

September 13, 2023
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2023 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth – Winning Poems

June 19, 2023
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Very Small Verse Contest Winner 2023: Toulouse’s uncharacteristic heat by Kevin Andrew Heslop

March 21, 2023
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Broadsheet Contest 2023 Winner: Tham Luang Cave Rescue by Pujita Verma

March 21, 2023
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Colleen Thibaudeau Award 2023

April 18, 2023
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Congratulations to our 2022 winners and finalists!

2022 Book Awards: Winners

May 5, 2022
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Book Awards 2022: Shortlists

April 21, 2022
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2022 Book Awards: Longlists

April 6, 2022
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Things to Do around Winnipeg when you’re Black By Michael Fraser – Winner of the 2022 Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize

September 16, 2022
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Fresh Air by Gordon Taylor – Winner of the Toronto Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award

September 16, 2022
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2022 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

June 30, 2022
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Broadsheet Contest 2022 Winner: The Hollow Tree by Anna Yin

March 20, 2022
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Very Small Verse 2022 Winner: Clepsydra by Jaclyn Piudik

March 20, 2022
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Celebrating Massy Books – Honourary Member of the League of Canadian Poets 2022

September 13, 2022
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Congratulations to our 2021 winners and finalists!

Winner of the 1st Annual Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest – “Tea Swamp Park” by Jacqueline Pearce

September 14, 2021
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2021 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

June 30, 2021
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Very Small Verse 2021 Winner: Sometimes by Rae Crossman

March 27, 2021
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Broadsheet Contest 2021 Winner: Beekeeping by Kim Fahner

March 20, 2021
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2021 Life Members

May 15, 2021
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Leon E. and Ann M. Pavlick Poetry Prize

April 25, 2021
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2020 Book Awards: Winners

April 30, 2020
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2020 Book Awards: Shortlists

April 1, 2020
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2020 Book Awards: Longlists

March 29, 2020
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2020 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: Charlie C Petch

March 1, 2020
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2020 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth – Winning Poems

June 15, 2020
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Broadsheet Contest 2020 Winner: Cosmic Egg Hypothesis by Laura Cok

March 27, 2020
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2020 Very Small Verse Contest Winner: Diana Manole — Lovers

March 21, 2020
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Congratulations to our 2019 winners and finalists!

2019 Book Awards: Winners Announcement

June 15, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: What keeps you going as a writer?

June 7, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: When is a collection of poems finished?

June 5, 2019
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REVIEWING THE SHORTLIST: Welcome to the Anthropocene | By Alice Major

June 4, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: Community

June 3, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: How did poetry become part of your life?

May 31, 2019
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REVIEWING THE SHORTLIST: Ledi | By Kim Trainor

May 28, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: Who would you be if you weren't a poet?

May 24, 2019
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REVIEWING THE SHORTLIST: Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit | By Mikko Harvey

May 21, 2019
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ASK A SHORTLISTER: What are you reading?

May 17, 2019
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Very Small Verse 2019 Winner: A Haiku by kjmunro

April 6, 2019
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Broadsheet Contest 2019 Winner: It Didn’t Happen Here by Eleonore Schönmaier

April 5, 2019
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2019 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

March 1, 2019
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Congratulations to our 2018 winners and finalists!

2018 Book Awards: Winners

May 6, 2018
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The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award 2018 Winner: Dwayne Morgan

April 11, 2018
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2018 Book Awards Shortlists

April 6, 2018
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2018 Book Awards Longlists

March 8, 2018
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2018 Haiku Contest Winner: Jacquie Pearce

April 18, 2018
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2018 National Broadsheet Contest Winner: Leah Maclean-Evans

April 3, 2018
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2018 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

April 2, 2018
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Celebrating University of Regina Press – Honourary Member of the League of Canadian Poets 2018

April 12, 2018
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2018 Life Members

April 12, 2018
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Congratulations to our 2017 winners and finalists!

2017 Book Awards: Winners

May 10, 2017
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2017 Awards: Shortlists

April 5, 2017
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MEET THE POETS: 2017 JESSAMY STURSBERG POETRY PRIZE

April 24, 2017
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Broadsheet Contest 2017 Winner: cat and door by Doyali Islam

April 10, 2017
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2017 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

April 1, 2017
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2017 Life Members

April 17, 2017
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Congratulations to our 2016 winners and finalists!

2016 Book Awards: Winners

May 11, 2016
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The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award 2016 Winner: RC Weslowski

April 11, 2016
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2016 Book Awards: Shortlists

April 4, 2016
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2016 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners

April 22, 2016
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Colleen Thibaudeau Award 2016

April 12, 2016
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Congratulations to our 2015 winners and finalists!

2015 Book Awards: Winners

May 13, 2016
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2015 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: Penn Kemp

May 1, 2015
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2015 Awards: Shortlists

April 12, 2015
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Colleen Thibaudeau Award 2015

May 30, 2015
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Congratulations to our 2014 winners and finalists!

2014 Book Awards: Winners

April 14, 2014
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2014 Awards: Shortlists

March 15, 2014
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2014 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: bill bissett

April 17, 2013
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Congratulations to our 2013 winners and finalists!

2013 Book Awards: Winners

May 16, 2013
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2013 Awards: Shortlists

April 16, 2013
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