Special recognition awards
Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2024
The League is grateful to all the poets and poetry lovers who donate their time and expertise to make what we do possible. Celebrate our volunteers with us!
Read MoreColleen Thibaudeau Award 2023
Celebrating the outstanding contribution Flavia Cosma and Cornelia Hoogland have given to poetry in Canada. The League of Canadian Poets is delighted to celebrate the hard work and dedication that Cornelia Hoogland and Flavia Cosma contribute to poetry. Their gift of time, care, and community has created a lasting impact on poetry in Canada. Volunteers…
Read More2021 Life Members
Every year, the League is honoured to induct new Life Members into our ranks. Life Members are selected for their incredible contribution to poets and poetry in Canada, and the award is presented as a mark of distinction and appreciation for special achievements. See all life members 2021: John Barton, Dionne Brand and George Elliott…
Read MoreLeon E. and Ann M. Pavlick Poetry Prize
In 2021, two prizes of $10,000 were awarded, to Andrea Thompson and Canthius. With an abundance of excellent applications, two runners-up prizes of $2,500 were also awarded, to Armand Garnet Ruffo and the Poets’ Corner Reading Series. The Leon E. & Ann M. Pavlick Poetry Prize commemorates Pavlick’s Passages – a biography of Leon & Ann’s love story…
Read More2018 Life Members
Every year, the League is honoured to induct new Life Members into our ranks. Life Members are selected for their incredible contribution to poets and poetry in Canada, and the award is presented as a mark of distinction and appreciation for special achievements. See all life members 2018: Marilyn Dumont Marilyn Dumont‘s A Really Good…
Read More2017 Life Members
Every year, the League is honoured to induct new Life Members into our ranks. Life Members are selected for their incredible contribution to poets and poetry in Canada, and the award is presented as a mark of distinction and appreciation for special achievements. 2017: Allan Briesmaster was honored with our life membership award, for his…
Read MoreColleen Thibaudeau Award 2016
Celebrating the outstanding contribution of Bruce Rice has given to poetry in Canada, his invaluable efforts in establishing the now-annual Poetry City program and his longtime volunteer record with the League. About Bruce Rice – Bio Bruce Rice is a previous Saskatchewan Poet Laureate (2019-2021). His most recent collection is The Vivian Poems (Radiant Press),…
Read MoreColleen Thibaudeau Award 2015
Poet Glen Sorestad has been named the forth recipient of the League of Canadian Poets’ Colleen Thibaudeau Outstanding Contribution Award. Established in memory of the late poet and honourary member Colleen Thibaudeau (1925-2012), this award has been created by the League of Canadian Poets and the poet’s family to honour and recognize a substantial volunteer…
Read More