Poetry Awards and Contests
2024 LCP Book Awards: Shortlists
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the poets and publishers shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!
Read More2024 LCP Book Awards: Longlists
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the poets and publishers longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!
Read More2024 Cold Moon Contest winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in congratulating Kelly Madden and Jessica Lee McMillan, winners of the 2024 Cold Moon Contests!
Read MoreLCP Spoken Word Award: Inaugural winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in congratulating Adeena Karasick and Ian Keteku, the inaugural winners of the LCP Spoken Word Award!
Read MoreLCP Spoken Word Award: Inaugural shortlist
Join the League of Canadian Poets in congratulating the spoken word poets shortlisted for the inaugural LCP Spoken Word Award!
Read More“I Don’t Need I Love Yous” by Cindy Patrick – Winner of the 2023 Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest
Congratulations to Cindy Patrick, whose poem “I Don’t Need I Love Yous” is the 2023 winner of the Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest!
Read More“Against Beauty” by Em Dial – Winner of the 2023 Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award
Congratulations to “Against Beauty” by Em Dial, winner of the 2023 Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award!
Read More2023 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth – Winning Poems
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the six winners of the 2023 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize!
Read More2023 Book Awards: Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2023 Book Awards winners of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award. The winners will each receive $2000 thanks to funding from Canada Council for the Arts , Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council. Learn more about the 2023 LCP Book Awards Winners: Meet…
Read More2023 Book Awards: Meet the Winners
We asked the winners of our 2023 Book Awards some questions to get better acquainted with them and their winning collections! What does JOY mean to you? The theme of National Poetry Month 2023 was JOY. Joy is realizing you are more than what’s happened to you. That you are also potentiality, possibility, futurity. A…
Read More