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Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}

The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada.

One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poetry. In 1989, it was renamed after poet Dorothy Livesay, whose Day and Night (1944) and Poems for People (1947) received the Governor General's Award for Poetry

Recipients

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1986

|{{sortname|last=Rosenblatt|first= Joe}}

|Poetry Hotel

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{{sortname|last=Marriott|first=Anne}}

|Letters for Some Islands

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{{sortname|last=Page|first=P. K.}}

|{{sort|1=Glass Air|2=The Glass Air}}

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1987

|{{sortname|last=Hartog|first= Diana}}

|Candy from Strangers

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{{sortname|last=Newlove|first=John|dab=poet}}

|{{sort|1=Night the Dog Smiled|2=The Night the Dog Smiled}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Wayman|first=Tom}}

|{{sort|1=Face of Jack Munro|2=The Face of Jack Munro}}

|Shortlist

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1988

|{{sortname|last=Young|first= Patricia}}

|All I Ever Needed was a Beautiful Room

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{{sortname|last=Sibum|first=Norm}}

|Eight Poems

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{{sortname|last=Thesen|first=Sharon}}

|{{sort|1=Beginning of the Long Dash|2=The Beginning of the Long Dash}}

|Shortlist

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1989

|{{sortname|last=Lillard|first= Charles}}

|Circling North

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{{sortname|last=Beardsley|first=Doug}}

|Dancing Star

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{{sortname|last=bissett|first=bill}}

|what we have

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1990

|{{sortname|last=Walker|first= Victoria}}

|Suitcase

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{{sortname|last=Cookshaw|first=Marlene}}

|{{sort|1=Whole Elephant|2=The Whole Elephant}}

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=McCarthy|first=Maureen|nolink=1}}

|{{sort|1=Girls in the Last Seat Waving|2=The Girls in the Last Seat Waving}}

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1991

|{{sortname|last=Derksen|first= Jeff}}

|Down Time

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{{sortname|last=bissett|first=bill}}

|Hard 2 beleev

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{{sortname|last=Webb|first=Phyllis}}

|Hanging Fire

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1992

|{{sortname|last=McKinnon|first= Barry}}

|Pulplog

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{{sortname|last=Pass|first=John|dab=poet}}

|{{sort|1=Hour's Acropolis|2=The Hour's Acropolis}}

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{{sortname|last=Turner|first=Michael|dab=musician}}

|Company Town

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1993

|{{sortname|last=bissett|first=bill}}

|Inkorrect Thots

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{{sortname|last=Emmott|first=Kirsten}}

|How Do You Feel?

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{{sortname|last=Hartog|first=Diana}}

|Polite to Bees: A Bestiary

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1994

|{{sortname|last=Scofield|first= Gregory}}

|{{sort|1=Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel|2=The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel}}

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{{sortname|last=Brett|first=Brian}}

|Poems New and Selected

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{{sortname|last=White|first=Howard|dab=writer}}

|Ghost in the Gears

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1995

|{{sortname|last=Rogers|first= Linda}}

|Hard Candy

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{{sortname|last=Bushkowsky|first=Aaron}}

|Ed and Mabel Go to the Moon

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{{sortname|last=Karasick|first=Adeena}}

|Mêmewars

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1996

|{{sortname|last=Lane|first= Patrick|dab=poet}}

|Too Spare, Too Fierce

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-03-11 |title=Obituary Note: Patrick Lane |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3448 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924155611/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3448 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Braid|first=Kate}}

|To this Cedar Fountain

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{{sortname|last=Skelton|first=Robin}}

|{{sort|1=Edge of Time|2=The Edge of Time}}

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Button|first= Margo}}

|{{sort|1=Unhinging of Wings|2=The Unhinging of Wings}}

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{{sortname|last=Bowering|first=Marilyn}}

|Autobiography

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{{sortname|last=Nelson|first=Joyce}}

|Seeing in the Dark

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Young|first= Patricia}}

|What I Remember from My Time on Earth

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{{sortname|last=Neff|first=Lyle}}

|Ivanhoe Station

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{{sortname|last=Rogers|first= Linda}}

|Heaven Cake

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! scope=row rowspan="3" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Zieroth|first= David}}

|How I Joined Humanity at Last

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{{sortname|last=Friesen|first=Patrick}}

|St. Mary at Main

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{{sortname|last=Zwicky|first=Jan}}

|Songs for Relinquishing the Earth

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Crozier|first= Lorna}}

|What the Living Won't Let Go

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{{sortname|last=Compton|first=Wayde}}

|49th Parallel Psalm

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{{sortname|last=Musgrave|first=Susan}}

|Things That Keep and Do Not Change

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{{sortname|last=Reid|first=D. C.}}

|Love and Other Things That Hurt

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{{sortname|last=Wayman|first=Tom}}

|{{sort|1=Colours of the Forest|2=The Colours of the Forest}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2001

|{{sortname|last=McKay|first= Don|dab=poet}}

|Another Gravity

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{{sortname|last=Bowering|first=George}}

|His Life

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{{sortname|last=Lane|first= Patrick|dab=poet}}

|{{sort|1=Bare Plum of Winter Rain|2=The Bare Plum of Winter Rain}}

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{{sortname|last=Pass|first=John|dab=poet}}

|Water Stair

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{{sortname|last=Wheeler|first=Sue}}

|Slow-Moving Target

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Solie|first= Karen}}

|Short Haul Engine

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{{sortname|last=Guppy|first=Stephen}}

|Understanding Heaven

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{{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Aislinn}}

|Into the Early Hours

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{{sortname|last=Marlatt|first=Daphne}}

|This Tremor Love Is

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{{sortname|last=Owen|first=Catherine|dab=writer}}

|{{sort|1=Wrecks of Eden|2=The Wrecks of Eden}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2003

|{{sortname|last=bissett|first=bill}}

|peter among th towring boxes / text bites

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{{sortname|last=Browne|first=Colin}}

|Ground Water

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{{sortname|last=Cookshaw|first=Marlene}}

|Shameless

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{{sortname|last=Friesen|first=Patrick}}

|{{sort|1=Breath You Take from the Lord|2=The Breath You Take from the Lord}}

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{{sortname|last=Wayman|first=Tom}}

|My Father's Cup

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Paul|first= Philip Kevin}}

|Taking the Names Down from the Hill

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{{sortname|last=Bowering|first=Marilyn}}

|{{sort|1=Alchemy of Happiness|2=The Alchemy of Happiness}}

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{{sortname|last=Bringhurst|first=Robert}}

|Ursa Major

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{{sortname|last=Cammiade|first=Denise}}

|{{sort|1=Creature I Am|2=The Creature I Am}}

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{{sortname|last=Thornton|first=Russell|dab=writer}}

|House Built of Rain

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Zwicky|first=Jan}}

|Robinson's Crossing

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{{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Aislinn}}

|{{sort|1=Possible Past|2=The Possible Past}}

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{{sortname|last=Joseph|first=Eve}}

|{{sort|1=Startled Heart|2=The Startled Heart}}

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{{sortname|last=Lane|first= Patrick|dab=poet}}

|Go Leaving

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{{sortname|last=Reid|first=D. C.}}

|{{sort|1=Hunger|2=The Hunger}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Quartermain|first= Meredith}}

|Vancouver Walking

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{{sortname|last=Collis|first=Stephen}}

|Anarchive

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{{sortname|last=Scott|first=Jordan|dab=poet}}

|Silt

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{{sortname|last=Sipos|first=George}}

|Anything But the Moon

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{{sortname|last=Zwicky|first=Jan}}

|Thirty-seven Small Songs & Thirteen Silences

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|last=McKay|first= Don|dab=poet}}

|Strike / Slip

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{{sortname|last=Gadd|first=Maxine}}

|Backup to Babylon

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{{sortname|last=Price|first=Steven|dab=writer}}

|Anatomy of Keys

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{{sortname|last=Thesen|first=Sharon}}

|{{sort|1=Good Bacteria|2=The Good Bacteria}}

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{{sortname|last=Young|first=Terence|dab=writer}}

|Moving Day

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Wong|first= Rita}}

|Forage

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{{sortname|last=McWhirter|first=George}}

|{{sort|1=Incorrection|2=The Incorrection}}

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{{sortname|last=Paré|first=Arleen}}

|Paper Trail

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{{sortname|last=Patton|first=Christopher|link=Christopher D. Patton}}

|Ox

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{{sortname|last=Wigmore|first=Gillian}}

|Soft Geography

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Marlatt|first=Daphne}}

|{{sort|1=Given|2=The Given}}

|Winner

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{{sortname|last=Hofmann|first=Karen}}

|Water Strider

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{{sortname|last=Partridge|first=Elise}}

|Chameleon Hours

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{{sortname|last=Shidmehr|first=Nilofar}}

|Shirin and Salt Man

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{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=George|dab=poet}}

|Vancouver: A Poem

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Wah|first= Fred}}

|Is a Door

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-04-30 |title=Canadian Awards: First Novel; BC Book; Schwartz Shortlist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230817/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Jerome|first=Gillian}}

|Red Nest

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{{sortname|last=Lai|first=Larissa}}

|Automaton Biographies

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{{sortname|last=Pearson|first=Miranda}}

|Harbour

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{{sortname|last=Zieroth|first= David}}

|{{sort|1=Fly in Autumn|2=The Fly in Autumn}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Collis|first=Stephen}}

|On the Material

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-07-17 |title=Stephen Collis |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephen-collis |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |archive-date=2017-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924225026/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephen-collis |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Belford|first=Ken}}

|Decompositions

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|{{Cite web |last=Samson |first=Natalie |date=2011-03-10 |title=Finalists announced for B.C. Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2011/03/10/finalists-announced-for-b-c-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203105803/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2011/03/10/finalists-announced-for-b-c-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Bowering|first=George}}

|My Darling Nellie Grey

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{{sortname|last=Currin|first=Jen}}

|{{sort|1=Inquisition Yours|2=The Inquisition Yours}}

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{{sortname|last=Joseph|first=Eve}}

|{{sort|1=Secret Signature of Things|2=The Secret Signature of Things}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Pass|first=John|dab=poet}}

|Crawlspace

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2012-05-14 |title=Edugyan, Gill, Davis win B.C. Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/05/14/edugyan-gill-davis-win-b-c-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007165503/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/05/14/edugyan-gill-davis-win-b-c-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Lane|first= Patrick|dab=poet}}

|{{sort|1=Collected Poems of Patrick Lane|2=The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane}}

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|{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2012-03-08 |title=Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/03/08/esi-edugyan-jj-lee-charlotte-gill-nominated-for-b-c-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205043005/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/03/08/esi-edugyan-jj-lee-charlotte-gill-nominated-for-b-c-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=McCaslin|first=Susan}}

|Demeter Goes Skydiving

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{{sortname|last=Morse|first=Garry Thomas}}

|Discovery Passages

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{{sortname|last=Thesen|first=Sharon}}

|Oyama Pink Shale

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2013

|{{sortname|last=de Leeuw|first= Sarah}}

|Geographies of a Lover

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|{{Cite web |last=Siassina |first=Maria |date=2013-05-06 |title=Gaston, Hayes, de Leeuw win B.C. Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/05/06/gaston-hayes-de-leeuw-win-b-c-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2015-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920185512/http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/05/06/gaston-hayes-de-leeuw-win-b-c-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Browne|first=Colin}}

|{{sort|1=Properties|2=The Properties}}

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|{{Cite web |last=Sequeira |first=Natalie |date=2013-03-14 |title=B.C. Book Prize finalists announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/03/14/b-c-book-prize-finalists-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2021-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301064918/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/03/14/b-c-book-prize-finalists-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Farr|first=Roger}}

|IKMQ

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{{sortname|last=Lau|first=Evelyn}}

|{{sort|1=Grain of Rice|2=A Grain of Rice}}

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{{sortname|last=Young|first= Patricia}}

|Night-Eater

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Abel|first= Jordan}}

|{{sort|1=Place of Scraps|2=The Place of Scraps}}

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|{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2014-05-05 |title=B.C. Book Prizes announces winners |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/05/05/b-c-book-prizes-announces-winners/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2015-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926192051/http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2014/05/05/b-c-book-prizes-announces-winners/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Greenwood|first=Catherine|nolink=1}}

|{{sort|1=Lost Letters|2=The Lost Letters}}

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|{{Cite web |last=Baldassi |first=Julie |date=2014-03-12 |title=B.C. Book Prizes nominees announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/03/12/b-c-book-prize-nominees-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507141503/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/03/12/b-c-book-prize-nominees-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jennica|nolink=1}}

|Wood

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{{sortname|last=Saklikar|first=Renée Sarojini}}

|children of air india: un/authorized exhibits and interjections

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{{sortname|last=Thornton|first=Russell|dab=writer}}

|Birds, Metals, Stones and Raina

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Nicholson|first= Cecily}}

|From the Poplars

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|{{Cite web |last=Kester |first=Sarah |date=2015-04-27 |title=2015 B.C. Book Prizes announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/04/27/2015-b-c-book-prizes-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516215524/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/04/27/2015-b-c-book-prizes-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Budde|first=Robert|nolink=1}}

|Dreamland Theatre

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|{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2015-03-11 |title=Finalists for 31st annual B.C. Book Prizes announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/03/11/finalists-for-31st-annual-b-c-book-prizes-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517005254/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/03/11/finalists-for-31st-annual-b-c-book-prizes-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Currin|first=Jen}}

|School

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{{sortname|last=Czaga|first=Kayla}}

|For Your Safety Please Hold On

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{{sortname|last=Lane|first= Patrick|dab=poet}}

|Washita

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Fernandes|first= Raoul}}

|Transmitter and Receiver

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|{{Cite web |last=Tobias |first=Conan |date=2016-05-02 |title=Awards: B.C. Book Prizes winners announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/05/02/awards-b-c-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2016-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529002211/http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2016/05/02/awards-b-c-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Blythe|first=Ali}}

|Twoism

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{{sortname|last=Dawn|first=Amber}}

|Where the words end and my body begins

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{{sortname|last=Pearson|first=Miranda}}

|{{sort|1=Fire Extinguisher|2=The Fire Extinguisher}}

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{{sortname|last=Steudel|first=Jeff}}

|Foreign Park

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Barclay|first= Adèle}}

|If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for You

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|{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2017-05-01 |title=Deborah Campbell, Julie Flett among B.C. Book Prize winners |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/01/deborah-campbell-julie-flett-among-b-c-book-prize-winners/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818052325/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/01/deborah-campbell-julie-flett-among-b-c-book-prize-winners/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Bitek|first=Juliane Okot}}

|100 Days

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{{sortname|last=Fleming|first=Anne|dab=writer}}

|poemw

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{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Rob|nolink=1}}

|{{sort|1=News|2=The News}}

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{{sortname|last=Therrien|first=Richard}}

|Sleeping in Tall Grass

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Eng|first= Mercedes}}

|Prison Industrial Complex Explodes

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|{{Cite web |last=Beattie |first=Steven W. |date=2018-05-07 |title=David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/david-chariandy-and-arthur-manuel-among-winners-of-the-2018-b-c-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2018-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103231/https://quillandquire.com/omni/david-chariandy-and-arthur-manuel-among-winners-of-the-2018-b-c-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Ganz|first=Rhonda}}

|Frequent, small loads of laundry

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2018-03-12 |title=Carleigh Baker, David Chariandy, Zoey Leigh Peterson up for BC Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/carleigh-baker-david-chariandy-zoey-leigh-peterson-up-for-bc-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2018-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135259/https://quillandquire.com/omni/carleigh-baker-david-chariandy-zoey-leigh-peterson-up-for-bc-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Kirton|first=Jónína}}

|{{sort|1=Honest Woman|2=An Honest Woman}}

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{{sortname|last=Paul|first=Julie}}

|{{sort|1=Rules of the Kingdom|2=The Rules of the Kingdom}}

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{{sortname|last=Yawnghwe|first=Onjana}}

|Fragments, Desire

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Rosnau|first= Laisha}}

|Our Familiar Hunger

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Ryan |date=2019-05-13 |title=Winners announced for the BC Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/winners-announced-for-the-bc-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2019-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515073803/https://quillandquire.com/omni/winners-announced-for-the-bc-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Joseph|first=Eve}}

|Quarrels

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{{sortname|last=Ramji|first=Shazia Hafiz}}

|Port of Being

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |title=Feminist Caucus in Conversation Series |url=https://poets.ca/fcconversationseries/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=League of Canadian Poets |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605224323/https://poets.ca/fcconversationseries/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Wah|first=Fred}} and Rita Wong

|beholden, a poem as long as the river

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{{sortname|last=Yawnghwe|first=Onjana}}

|{{sort|1=Small Way|2=The Small Way}}

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Gibson|first= Chantal}}

|How She Read

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Ramji |first=Shazia Hafiz |date=2021-10-06 |title=Chantal Gibson examines the politics of "add to cart" culture and activism |url=https://quillandquire.com/authors/chantal-gibson-examines-the-politics-of-add-to-cart-culture-and-activism/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528062037/https://quillandquire.com/authors/chantal-gibson-examines-the-politics-of-add-to-cart-culture-and-activism/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-19 |title=Chantal Gibson wins Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes |url=https://www.sfu.ca/siat/news-events/news/2020/09/chantal-gibson-wins-dorothy-livesay-poetry-prize.html |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Simon Fraser University |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510030927/https://www.sfu.ca/siat/news-events/news/2020/09/chantal-gibson-wins-dorothy-livesay-poetry-prize.html |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Blythe|first=Ali}}

|Hymnswitch

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Ryan |date=2020-03-12 |title=Shortlists announced for eight BC and Yukon Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-eight-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601231605/https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-eight-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Czaga|first=Kayla}}

|Dunk Tank

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{{sortname|last=Dandurand|first=Joseph A.}}

|SH:LAM (The Doctor)

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{{sortname|last=L’Abbé|first=Sonnet}}

|Sonnet's Shakespeare

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! scope=row rowspan="5" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Prior|first=Michael|nolink=1}}

|Burning Province

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Qiao |first=Vicky |date=2021-09-28 |title=Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/billy-ray-belcourt-and-shaena-lambert-among-bc-yukon-book-prizes-winners-1.6191928 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=2023-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312045505/https://www.cbc.ca/books/billy-ray-belcourt-and-shaena-lambert-among-bc-yukon-book-prizes-winners-1.6191928 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-27 |title=2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/2021-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204053738/https://quillandquire.com/omni/2021-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Dandurand|first=Joseph A.}}

|{{sort|1=East Side of It All|2=The East Side of It All}}

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Ryan |date=2021-04-08 |title=Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/eight-shortlists-announced-for-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808073040/https://quillandquire.com/omni/eight-shortlists-announced-for-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Désil|first=Junie}}

|eat salt|eat salt | gaze at the ocean

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{{sortname|last=Mason-John|first=Valerie}}

|I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage to James Baldwin

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{{sortname|last=Wah|first=Fred}}

|Music at the Heart of Thinking: Improvisations 1-170

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|{{sortname|last=Doyle|first=Henry|nolink=1}}

|No Shelter

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Cassandra |date=2022-09-26 |title=2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/2022-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007230342/https://quillandquire.com/omni/2022-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Boychuk|first=Jenny}}

|Antonyms for Daughter

|Shortlist

|{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Cassandra |date=2022-04-13 |title=Shortlists announced for 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2022-b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808080210/https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2022-b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=paull|first=shauna}}

|blue gait

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{{sortname|last=Rader|first=Matt}}

|Ghosthawk

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Wang|first=Isabella|dab=poet}}

|Pebble Swing

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|{{Sortname|Juliane|Okot Bitek}}

|A is for Acholi

|Winner

|Sara Horowitz, [https://www.straight.com/living/bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-announce-2023-winners "BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 winners"]. The Georgia Straight, September 25, 2023.

{{Sortname|Megan Fennya|Jones}}

|{{Sort|Program|The Program}}

|rowspan=4| Shortlist

|rowspan=4| {{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Finalists announced for 2023 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/finalists-announced-for-2023-b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514132235/https://quillandquire.com/omni/finalists-announced-for-2023-b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes/ |url-status=live }}

{{Sortname|Cecily|Nicholson}}

|HARROWINGS

{{Sortname|Tolu|Oloruntoba}}

|Each One a Furnace

{{Sortname|Sheryda|Warrener}}

|Test Piece

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| Jess Housty''

| Crushed Wild Mint

| Winner

| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/darrel-j-mcleod-john-vaillant-among-bc-and-yukon-book-prize-winners/ "Darrel J. McLeod, John Vaillant among BC and Yukon Book Prize winners"]. Quill & Quire, September 30, 2024.

Dominique Bernier-Cormier

| Entre Rive and Shore

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| rowspan=4| Kristi Alexandra, [https://www.straight.com/living/bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-reveals-shortlist# "BC and Yukon Book Prizes reveals shortlist"]. The Georgia Straight, April 11, 2024.

Samantha Nock

| A Family of Dreamers

Bradley Peters

| Sonnets from a Cell

Cathy Stonehouse

| Dream House

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/details/dorothy-livesay-poetry-prize/ Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092619/http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/details/dorothy-livesay-poetry-prize/ |date=2017-09-29 }}, official website
  • [http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/ BC Book Prizes Web site]

Category:BC and Yukon Book Prizes

Category:Awards established in 1986

Category:1986 establishments in British Columbia

Category:Canadian poetry awards