Poetry Awards and Contests
2018 Book Awards Longlists
The League of Canadian Poets is thrilled to announce the 2018 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 2017! Read about the shortlistsRead about the winners 2018 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD LONGLIST Awarded annually since 1981, the Gerald…
Read More2017 Book Awards: Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2017 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. 2017 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Awarded annually…
Read MoreMEET THE POETS: 2017 JESSAMY STURSBERG POETRY PRIZE
Meet The Poets: 2017 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize
Read MoreBroadsheet Contest 2017 Winner: cat and door by Doyali Islam
Congrats to Doyali Islam, winner of the 2017 Broadsheet Contest.
Read More2017 Awards: Shortlists
We are thrilled to announce the 2017 Poetry Awards shortlists for the Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards, the Raymond Souster Award and, together with the Calgary Spoken Word Society, the finalists for the 2017 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award. The winners of these awards will be announced at an awards ceremony in Toronto on Saturday, June…
Read More2017 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the six winners of the 2017 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize!
Read More2015 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,…
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