Poetry Awards and Contests
2015 Book Awards: Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2015 Book Awards Winners, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award. Learn more about the 2015 awards and celebrate the poetry of 2014: Congratulations to the winners, shortlisters, longlisters and publishers! 2015 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Awarded annually…
Read More2016 Book Awards: Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2016 Book Awards Winners, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award. Learn more about the 2016 awards and celebrate the poetry of 2015: Congratulations to the winners, shortlisters, longlisters and publishers! 2016 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Awarded annually…
Read More2016 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the six winners of the 2016 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize!
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: CHAD CAMPBELL, CASSIDY McFADZEAN & SARAH TOLMIE
We have a super-sized final segment of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” series, where we chat with Chad Campbell and Cassidy McFadzean, whose books Laws & Locks and Hacker Packer were shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and Sarah Tolmie, whose book Trio was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Throughout National Poetry Month,…
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: RAOUL FERNANDES & ARMAND GARNET RUFFO
For the fifth installation of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” blog series, we meet Raoul Fernandes, whose book Transmitter and Receiver was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and Armand Garnet Ruffo, whose book The Thunderbird Poems was shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Throughout National Poetry Month, we’re excited to introduce you to all the poets shortlisted for…
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: MELISSA BULL & BEN LADOUCEUR
For the fourth installation of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” blog series, we meet Melissa Bull and Ben Ladouceur, whose books Rue and Otter, respectively, were shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award! Throughout National Poetry Month, we’re excited to introduce you to all the poets shortlisted for our book awards: the women shortlisted for our Pat Lowther…
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: MARILYN DUMONT & ALICE MAJOR
For the fourth installation of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” blog series, we meet Marilyn Dumont and Alice Major, whose books The Pemmican Eaters and Standard Candles, respectively, were shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Throughout National Poetry Month, we’re excited to introduce you to all the poets shortlisted for our book awards: the women shortlisted for our Pat Lowther Memorial Award,…
Read MoreThe Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award 2016 Winner: RC Weslowski
Congratulations to RC Weslowski, The Winner of the 2016 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award! 2016 SHERI-D WILSON GOLDEN BERET AWARD WINNER for lifetime achievement in Canadian spoken word poetry Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the Golden Beret Award was created by Sheri-D Wilson—a pioneer of spoken word poetry in Canada—to honour a Canadian spoken…
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: RACHEL ROSE & DEREK WEBSTER
For the third installation of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” blog series, we meet Rachel Rose, whose book Marry & Burn was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and Derek Webster, whose book Mockingbird was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award! Throughout National Poetry Month, we’re excited to introduce you to all the poets shortlisted for our book awards:…
Read MoreMEET THE SHORTLIST: ADEBE DeRANGO-ADEM & BRUCE MEYER
For the second installation of our 2016 “Meet the Shortlist” blog series, we meet Adebe DeRango-Adem, whose book Terra Incognita was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and Bruce Meyer, whose book The Arrow of Time was shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award! Throughout National Poetry Month, we’re excited to introduce you to all the poets shortlisted for our book…
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