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Gerald Lampert Award

{{Short description|Canadian poetry award}}

The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert.{{Cite web |author1=S. Marshall |author2=Joanna Poblocka |date=July 2, 2014 |title=The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-gerald-lampert-memorial-award |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia }} Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.

In its earliest years, the award was not necessarily limited to poetry, but was presented to the year's best first book by a Canadian writer in either poetry or prose."Columnist wins award". The Globe and Mail, April 15, 1982.

Winners and nominees

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!1981

|{{sortname|last=Allan|first=Elizabeth|link=Elizabeth Allan (poet)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shored Up House|nolink=1}}

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! rowspan="2" |1982

|{{sortname|last=Alford|first=Edna}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Sleep Full of Dreams|nolink=1}}

|Winner

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|{{sortname|last=Boyarsky|first=Abraham}}

|Schielber

|Winner

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!1983

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

|Matinee Light

|Winner

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! rowspan="2" |1984

|{{sortname|last=McKay|first=Jean}}

|Gone to Grass

|Winner

| rowspan=2| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post/125004233/ "Storytellers"]. Regina Leader-Post, May 28, 1984.

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|{{sortname|last=Birdsell|first=Sandra}}

|Night Travellers

|Winner

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!1985

|{{sortname|last=Jiles|first=Paulette}}

|Celestial Navigation

|Winner

|Patricia Lakes, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/125004132/ "Nelson poet said to be winner of book award"]. Vancouver Sun, June 6, 1985.

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!1986

|{{sortname|last=Shaw|first=Joan Fern}}

|Raspberry Vinegar

|Winner

|Burt Heward, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/125004266/ "Cover to cover"]. Ottawa Citizen, May 3, 1986.

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!1987

|{{sortname|last=Sullivan|first=Rosemary}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Space a Name Makes}}

|Winner

|"Sullivan honored for poetry book". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1987.

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! rowspan="3" |1988

|{{sortname|last=Brandt|first=Di}}

|Questions I Asked My Mother

|Winner

|H.J. Kirchhoff, "Four writers honored by authors' group". The Globe and Mail, June 1, 1988.

{{sortname|last=Daurio|first=Beverly}}

|If Summer Had a Knife

|rowspan=2| Shortlist

|rowspan=2| "Allison, MacEwen make short list for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.

{{sortname|last=Simpson-Cooke|first=Janet}}

| Future Rivers

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!1989

|{{sortname|last=Klassen|first=Sarah}}

|Journey to Yalta

|Winner

|[https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/125011074/ "Notes to you...]" Edmonton Journal, May 13, 1989.

=1990s=

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!rowspan=5| 1990

|{{sortname|last=Heighton|first=Steven}}

|Stalin's Carnival

|Winner

| "Notes to you...". Edmonton Journal, June 2, 1990.

{{sortname|Nancy|Mattson}}

|Maria Breaks Her Silence

|rowspan=4| Shortlist

|rowspan=4| "City poet in line for Lampert prize". Edmonton Journal, April 19, 1990.

{{sortname|Bruce|Meyer}}

|The Open Room

{{sortname|Kim|Morrissey}}

|Batoche

{{sortname|Bruce|Taylor|Bruce Taylor (poet)}}

|Cold Rubber Feet

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! rowspan="4" |1991

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

|Radiant Life Forms

|Winner

|"League awards poets". Edmonton Journal, June 2, 1991.

{{sortname|last=Bourne|first=Lesley-Anne}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Story of Pears|nolink=1}}

|rowspan=3| Shortlist

|rowspan=3| "Brand, Brewster nominated for award". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 1991.

{{sortname|last=Redhill|first=Michael}}

|Impromptu Feats of Balance

{{sortname|last=Silverstein|first=Ronn}}

|Diary of a Glass Blower in Solitude

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!1992

|{{sortname|last=Arnott|first=Joanne}}

|Wiles of Girlhood

|Winner

|Burt Heward, "Ottawa poet wins national contest". Ottawa Citizen, May 23, 1992.

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!rowspan=2|1993

|{{sortname|last=Harvor|first=Elisabeth}}

|Fortress of Chairs

|Winner

|rowspan=2| "Novice poets share national prize". Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 1993.

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|{{sortname|last=Rees|first=Roberta}}

|Eyes Like Pigeons

|Winner

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!rowspan=2|1994

|{{sortname|last=Klar|first=Barbara}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Night You Called Me a Shadow|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|rowspan=2|[https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-phoenix/125004077/ "Winners"]. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, July 2, 1994.

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|{{sortname|last=Tourtidis|first=Ilya}}

|Mad Magellan's Tale

|Winner

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!1995

|{{sortname|last=Maillard|first=Keith}}

|Dementia Americana

|Winner

|"Beth Goobie wins poetry award". Montreal Gazette, June 26, 1995.

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!rowspan=5| 1996

|{{sortname|last=Hynes|first=Maureen}}

|Rough Skin

|Winner

| "Canadian poets' league presents awards". Ottawa Citizen, June 7, 1996.

{{sortname|Kevin|Connolly|Kevin Connolly (writer)}}

| Asphalt Cigar

| rowspan=4| Shortlist

| rowspan=4| "Atwood nominated for prize". The Globe and Mail, May 8, 1996.

{{sortname|Esta|Spalding}}

| Carrying Place

{{sortname|Terry|Watada}}

| A Thousand Homes

{{sortname|Sue|Wheeler}}

| Solstice on the Anacortes Ferry

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!rowspan=8| 1997

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

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Really Good Brown Girl|nolink=1}}

|Winner

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{{sortname|Mike|Barnes|Mike Barnes (poet)}}

| Calm Jazz Sea

| rowspan=7| Shortlist

| rowspan=7| "7 writers win prizes". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1997.

{{sortname|Ronna|Bloom}}

| Fear of the Ride

{{sortname|Margo|Button}}

| The Unhinging of Wings

{{sortname|Crispin|Elsted}}

| Climate and the Affections

{{sortname|Tonja|Gunvaldsen Klaassen}}

| Clay Birds

{{sortname|Richard|Sanger}}

| Shadow Cabinet

{{sortname|Diane L.|Tucker}}

| God on His Haunches

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!rowspan=5| 1998

|{{sortname|last=Sinnett|first=Mark}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Landing|nolink=1}}

|Winner

| Christopher Levenson, "Poetry took the fall". Ottawa Citizen, April 6, 1998.

{{sortname|Jill|Battson}}

| Hard Candy

| rowspan=4| Shortlist

| rowspan=4| "Two Montrealers in running for poetry prizes". Montreal Gazette, April 6, 1998.

{{sortname|Damian|Lopes}}

| Towards the Quest

{{sortname|Barbara|Mulcahy}}

| The Man With the Dancing Monkey

{{sortname|Carmine|Starnino}}

| The New World

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!1999

|{{sortname|last=Bolster|first=Stephanie}}

|White Stone: The Alice Poems

|Winner

| Gordon Morash, "Edmonton poets shut out; Their absence from the podium shocks contest organizers". Edmonton Journal, June 13, 1999.

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! rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Lemay|first=Shawna}}

|All the God-Sized Fruit

|Winner

|"Spalding wins poetry award". The Globe and Mail, June 6, 2000.

{{sortname|last=Davies|first=Lynn|link=Lynn Davies (poet)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bridge That Carries the Road|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|rowspan=4| "The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.

{{sortname|last=O'Meara|first=David}}

| Storm Still

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Rose|first=Rachel}}

| Giving My Body to Science

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Young|first=Terence|link=Terence Young (writer)}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Island in Winter|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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!2001

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

|Light Falls Through You

|Winner

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!2002

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

|Into the Early Hours

|Winner

| Alexandra Gill, "A little the verse for wear". The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2003.

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! rowspan="5" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Mac|first=Kathy}}

|Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth

|Winner

| "Dionne Brand wins Pat Lowther Award". The Globe and Mail, May 27, 2003.

{{sortname|last=Cullen|first=Nancy Jo}}

| Science Fiction Saint

|Shortlist

|rowspan=4| Rebecca Wigod, "The book of Elise: A poet who hung on Robert Lowell's every word marshals her own". Vancouver Sun, April 19, 2003.

{{sortname|last=deBeyer|first=Michael}}

| Rural Night Catalogue

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Proulx-Turner|first=Sharron}}

| what the auntys say

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Wiesenthal|first=Christine}}

| Instruments of Surrender

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Getty|first=Adam}}

|Reconciliation

|Winner

|"Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.

{{sortname|last=Banks|first=Chris|link=Chris Banks (poet)}}

| Bonfires

|Shortlist

|rowspan=4| "Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.

{{sortname|last=Hartman|first=Jill}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Painted Elephant|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Pick|first=Alison}}

| Question & Answer

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Riley|first=Ali|nolink=1}}

| Wayward

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="5" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Hsu|first=Ray}}

|Anthropy

|Winner

|John Moore, "Award winners follow B.C. publisher White". Vancouver Sun, February 18, 2006.

{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Geoffrey|nolink=1}}

| Postscript

|Shortlist

|rowspan=4| "Shortlists unveiled for Lowther, Lampert prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2005.

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

| Little Horse

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Levin|first=A. J.}}

| Monk's Fruit

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=McOrmond|first=Steve}}

| Lean Days

|Shortlist

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!2006

|{{sortname|last=Buffam|first=Suzanne}}

|Past Imperfect

|Winner

|"Poets enter League of their own". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2006.

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!2007

|{{sortname|last=Price|first=Steven|link=Steven Price (writer)}}

|Anatomy of Keys

|Winner

|"Calder beat out for top poetry prizes". Winnipeg Free Press, June 23, 2008.

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! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Boyd|first=Alex|link=Alex Boyd (author)}}

|Making Bones Walk

|Winner

|{{cite web |date=June 23, 2008 |title=N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/n-s-toronto-poets-win-league-of-canadian-poets-honours-1.722409 |access-date=April 24, 2012 |work=CBC Books |archive-date=March 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315010813/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/n-s-toronto-poets-win-league-of-canadian-poets-honours-1.722409 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Auerbach|first=Joshua}}

| Radius of Light

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| "Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.

{{sortname|last=Calder|first=Alison}}

| Wolf Tree

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Dronyk|first=Dymphny}}

| Contrary Infatuations

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Goldberg|first=Kim}}

| Ride Backwards on Dragon

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Knight|first=Erin}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Sweet Fuels|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Grubisic|first=Katia}}

|what if red ran out

|Winner

|[https://m.openbooktoronto.com/news/winners_pat_lowther_and_gerald_lampert_memorial_awards_announced "Winners of the {{sic|hide=y|reason=double 'the' error in source}}the Path Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918233443/https://m.openbooktoronto.com/news/winners_pat_lowther_and_gerald_lampert_memorial_awards_announced |date=2020-09-18 }}. Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.

{{sortname|last=Chiles|first=Adam}}

| Evening Land

|Shortlist

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{{sortname|last=Dodds|first=Jeramy}}

| Crabwise to the Hounds

|Shortlist

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

| Fond

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Murakami|first=Sachiko}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Invisibility Exhibit|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Skibsrud|first=Johanna}}

| Late Nights With Wild Cowboys

|Shortlist

=2010s=

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! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Langer|first=James|link=James Langer (poet)}}

|Gun Dogs

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Hall|first=Kate|link=Kate Hall (poet)}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Certainty Dream|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| [https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/editorial-1484/The-shortlists-for-the-Pat-Lowther-and-Gerald-Lampert-Memorial-Awards-announced. "The shortlists for the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards announced"]. McNally Robinson, April 7, 2010.

{{sortname|last=McCann|first=Marcus}}

| Soft Where

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Peerbaye|first=Soraya}}

| Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Pigeon|first=Marguerite}}

| Inventory

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Stewart|first=Robert Earl}}

| Something Burned Along the Southern Border

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Swanson|first=Anna}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Nights Also|nolink=1}}

|Winner

| Tracy Sherlock, "Anna Swanson; Debut collection proves doubly lucky for 'Lesbian Poet'"]. Kamloops Daily News, August 13, 2011.

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

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Crow’s Vow|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2011-04-05 |title=Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists announced |url=https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2011/04/05/gerald-lampert-and-pat-lowther-shortlists-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129154739/https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2011/04/05/gerald-lampert-and-pat-lowther-shortlists-announced/ |archive-date=2022-11-29 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

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

| That Other Beauty

|Shortlist

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

| Tiny, Frantic, Stronger

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Reimer|first=Nikki}}

|[sic]

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Roberts|first=Clea}}

| Here Is Where We Disembark

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Tsiang|first=Sarah Yi-Mei}}

|Sweet Devilry

|Winner

| Merilyn Simonds, "Finding poetry in Facebook". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 20, 2013.

{{sortname|last=Elliot|first=Kirsty}}

| True

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2012-04-03 |title=Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists revealed |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/04/03/gerald-lampert-and-pat-lowther-shortlists-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206140208/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2012/04/03/gerald-lampert-and-pat-lowther-shortlists-revealed/ |archive-date=2021-12-06 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Griebel|first=Rosemary}}

| Yes

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Robertson|first=Suzanne|dab=writer}}

| Paramita

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Shatzky|first=Lisa}}

| Do Not Call Me By My Name

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Vryenhoek|first=Leslie}}

| Gulf

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2013

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

|Notebook M

|Winner

|Maria Siassina, [https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/06/13/league-of-canadian-poets-announce-award-winners/ "League of Canadian Poets announce award winners"]. Quill & Quire, June 13, 2013.

{{sortname|last=Arthur|first=James|dab=poet}}

|Charms Against Lightning

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Baldassi |first=Julie |date=2013-04-05 |title=League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2013/04/05/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2013-shortlists/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2017-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606115430/http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2013/04/05/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2013-shortlists/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Gould|first=Nora}}

| I see my love more clearly from a distance

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Henderson|first=Mathew}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Lease|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Matuk|first=Nyla}}

| Sumptuary Laws

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=McEwan|first=Andrew}}

| Repeater

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Reiss|first=Murray}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Survival Rate of Butterflies in the Wild|nolink=1}}

|Winner

| {{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2014-06-09 |title=Anne Compton, Alexandra Oliver, Murray Reiss win League of Canadian Poets awards |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/06/09/anne-compton-alexandra-oliver-murray-reiss-win-league-of-canadian-poets-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606121209/http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2014/06/09/anne-compton-alexandra-oliver-murray-reiss-win-league-of-canadian-poets-awards/ |archive-date=2017-06-06 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

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

| {{sortname|1=the|2=place of scraps|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2014-04-01 |title=League of Canadian Poets reveals award shortlists |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/04/01/league-of-canadian-poets-reveals-award-shortlists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115204915/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2014/04/01/league-of-canadian-poets-reveals-award-shortlists/ |archive-date=2018-11-15 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Graham|first=Laurie D.}}

|Rove

|Shortlist

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

| Light Light

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Nielsen|first=Emilia}}

| Surge Narrows

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Severson-Baker|first=Juleta}}

| Incarnate

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2015

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

|For Your Safety Please Hold On

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Tobias |first=Conan |date=2015-06-03 |title=League of Canadian Poets announces annual award winners |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/06/03/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-annual-award-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209102417/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2015/06/03/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-annual-award-winners/ |archive-date=2022-12-09 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Sylvia D.}}

| And I Alone Escaped to Tell You

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Dundas |first=Deborah |date=2015-04-01 |title=Prizes announced on first day of National Poetry Month |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/04/01/prizes-announced-on-first-day-of-national-poetry-month.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201140629/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/04/01/prizes-announced-on-first-day-of-national-poetry-month.html |archive-date=2021-12-01 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Howell|first=Stevie}}

| Sharps

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Powell|first=Kerry Lee}}

| Inheritance

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Showler|first=Suzannah}}

| Failure to Thrive

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Turza|first=Anne-Marie}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Quiet|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Ladouceur|first=Ben}}

|Otter

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2016-06-20 |title=Awards: Lorna Crozier wins big at League of Canadian Poets awards |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/06/20/ben-ladouceur-lorna-crozier-among-league-canadian-poets-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128121351/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/06/20/ben-ladouceur-lorna-crozier-among-league-canadian-poets-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2022-11-28 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Bull|first=Melissa}}

| Rue

|Shortlist

| rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Becky |date=2016-04-04 |title=Awards: League of Canadian Poets announces shortlists for annual poetry awards |url=https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/04/04/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-shortlists-for-annual-poetry-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627214603/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/04/04/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-shortlists-for-annual-poetry-awards/ |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Campbell|first=Chad|nolink=1}}

| Laws & Locks

|Shortlist

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

| Transmitter and Receiver

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=McFadzean|first=Cassidy}}

| Hacker Packer

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Webster|first=Derek|nolink=1}}

| Mockingbird

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Ruthig|first=Ingrid}}

|This Being

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=van Koeverden |first=Jane |date=2017-07-10 |title=Louise Bernice Halfe wins Raymond Souster poetry prize |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/louise-bernice-halfe-wins-raymond-souster-poetry-prize-1.4168792 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917153454/https://www.cbc.ca/books/louise-bernice-halfe-wins-raymond-souster-poetry-prize-1.4168792 |archive-date=2021-09-17 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=CBC Books}}

{{sortname|last=Gudgeon|first=Christopher}}

| Assdeep in Wonder

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite news |last=Medley |first=Mark |date=2017-04-06 |title=Finalists for Canadian poetry awards announced |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/finalists-for-canadian-poetry-awards-announced/article34612395/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017200836/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/finalists-for-canadian-poetry-awards-announced/article34612395/ |archive-date=2021-10-17}}

{{sortname|last=Houle|first=Jennifer}}

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Back Channels|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Nyman|first=John|nolink=1}}

| Players

|Shortlist

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

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Unlit Path Behind the House|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Zan|first=Banoo}}

| Songs of Exile

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Nilsen|first=Emily}}

|Otolith

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Ryan |date=2018-06-18 |title=The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-league-of-canadian-poets-announces-winners-of-the-2018-annual-poetry-awards/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005083857/https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-league-of-canadian-poets-announces-winners-of-the-2018-annual-poetry-awards/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Belcourt|first=Billy-Ray}}

| This Wound is a World

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Sue |date=2018-04-30 |title=The League of Canadian Poets announces shortlists |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-league-of-canadian-poets-announces-shortlists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506011719/https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-league-of-canadian-poets-announces-shortlists/ |archive-date=2022-05-06 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Davis|first=Jack|nolink=1}}

| Faunics

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Donawa|first=Wendy}}

| Thin Air of the Knowable

|Shortlist

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

| {{sortname|1=The|2=Rules of the Kingdom|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Wang|first=Phoebe}}

| Admission Requirements

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Liem|first=T.}}

|Obits.

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Ryan |date=2019-06-10 |title=Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/tess-liem-stevie-howell-win-2019-book-awards-for-poetry/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005083814/https://quillandquire.com/omni/tess-liem-stevie-howell-win-2019-book-awards-for-poetry/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Franco|first=Tanis}}

| Quarry

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=van Koeverden |first=Jane |date=2019-04-23 |title=Klara du Plessis nominated for two 2019 League of Canadian Poets prizes |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/klara-du-plessis-nominated-for-two-2019-league-of-canadian-poets-prizes-1.5107333 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927212323/https://www.cbc.ca/books/klara-du-plessis-nominated-for-two-2019-league-of-canadian-poets-prizes-1.5107333 |archive-date=2022-09-27 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=CBC Books}}

{{sortname|last=Harvey|first=Mikko}}

| Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit

|Shortlist

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

| Dividing the Wayside

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Plessis|first=Klara du}}

| Ekke

|Shortlist

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

| Port of Being

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Birrell|first=Heather}}

|Float and Scurry

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Dana |date=2020-05-11 |title=Vancouver poet scores national prize |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/vancouver-poet-scores-national-prize |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145825/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/vancouver-poet-scores-national-prize |archive-date=2022-01-24 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Vancouver Sun |language=en-CA}}

{{sortname|last=Cok|first=Laura}}

| Doubter's Hymnal

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |last=Yohannes |first=Samraweet |date=2020-04-21 |title=Doyali Islam, Thomas King and Billy-Ray Belcourt shortlisted for 2020 League of Canadian Poets Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/doyali-islam-thomas-king-and-billy-ray-belcourt-shortlisted-for-2020-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5538785 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526110653/https://www.cbc.ca/books/doyali-islam-thomas-king-and-billy-ray-belcourt-shortlisted-for-2020-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5538785 |archive-date=2022-05-26 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=CBC News}}

{{sortname|last=Ferrante|first=Paola}}

| What to Wear While Surviving a Lion Attack

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=King|first=Thomas|link=Thomas King (novelist)}}

| 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Naccarato|first=Alessandra}}

| Re-Origin of Species

|Shortlist

{{sortname|Matthew|Walsh|Matthew Walsh (writer)}}

| these are not the potatoes of my youth

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Bickersteth|first=Bertrand}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Response of Weeds|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Catherine |date=2021-05-06 |title=League of Canadian Poets announces 2021 awards winners |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2021-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211233736/https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2021-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2022-02-11 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Christmas|first=Jillian}}

| {{sortname|1=the|2=gospel of breaking|nolink=1}}

|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| {{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Jillian Christmas, Bertrand Bickersteth & Ian Williams among finalists for League of Canadian Poets awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/jillian-christmas-bertrand-bickersteth-ian-williams-among-finalists-for-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5988790 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006135432/https://www.cbc.ca/books/jillian-christmas-bertrand-bickersteth-ian-williams-among-finalists-for-league-of-canadian-poets-awards-1.5988790 |archive-date=2022-10-06 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=CBC News}}

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

| I Am Still Your Negro

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Orang|first=Bahar}}

| Where Things Touch

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Pennock|first=Tyler}}

| Bones

|Shortlist

{{sortname|last=Ramoutar|first=Natasha}}

| Bittersweet

|Shortlist

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! rowspan="7" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Kaplan|first=Alisha}}

|Qorbanot: Offerings

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Cassandra |date=2022-05-05 |title=League of Canadian Poets announces 2022 awards winners |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2022-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013191656/https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2022-awards-winners/ |archive-date=2022-10-13 |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en}}

{{sortname|last=Boan|first=Selina}}

| Undoing Hours

|rowspan=6|Shortlist

|rowspan=6|{{Cite web |last=Drudi |first=Cassandra |date=2022-04-21 |title=Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards |url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2022-league-of-canadian-poets-book-awards/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Quill and Quire |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012215436/https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2022-league-of-canadian-poets-book-awards/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Bradford|first=D. M.}}

| Dream of No One but Myself

{{sortname|last=Hunt|first=Dallas}}

| Creeland

{{sortname|last=Masutani|first=Matsuki}}

| I will be more myself in the next world

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

| Mouthfuls of Space

{{sortname|last=Sinaee|first=Bardia}}

| Intruder

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|{{sortname|Matthew James|Weigel}}

|Whitemud Walking

|Winner

|[https://quillandquire.com/omni/matthew-james-weigel-gillian-sze-adebe-derango-adem-win-league-of-canadian-poets-book-awards/ "Matthew James Weigel, Gillian Sze, Adebe DeRango-Adem win League of Canadian Poets book awards"]. Quill & Quire, May 4, 2023.

{{sortname|Manahil|Bandukwala}}

|Monument

|rowspan=5|Shortlist

|rowspan=5| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2023-book-awards-shortlists/ "League of Canadian Poets announces 2023 Book Awards shortlists"]. Quill & Quire, April 20, 2023.

{{sortname|Skylar|Kay}}

|Transcribing Moonlight

{{sortname|Anne Marie|Todkill}}

|Orion Sweeping

{{sortname|Délani|Valin}}

|Shapeshifters

{{sortname|Sanna|Wani}}

|My Grief, the Sun

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! rowspan="6" |2024

| {{sortname|Hannah|Green|Hannah Green (poet)}}

| Xanax Cowboy

| Winner

| [https://www.cbc.ca/books/hannah-green-sandra-ridley-and-bradley-peters-win-league-of-canadian-poets-prizes-1.7189163 "Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley and Bradley Peters win League of Canadian Poets prizes"]. CBC Books, May 1, 2024.

{{sortname|Britta|Badour}}

| Wires That Sputter

| rowspan=5| Shortlist

| rowspan=5| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2024-lcp-book-awards/ "Shortlists announced for 2024 LCP Book Awards"]. Quill & Quire, April 17, 2024.

{{sortname|Brandi|Bird}}

| The All + Flesh

{{sortname|Maggie|Burton|Maggie Burton (poet)}}

| Chores

{{sortname|Laila|Malik}}

| Archipelago

{{sortname|A. Light|Zachary}}

| More Sure

rowspan="6" |2025

| {{sortname|Faith|Arkorful}}

| The Seventh Town of Ghosts

| rowspan=6| Shortlist

| rowspan=6| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2025-lcp-book-awards/ "Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards"]. Quill & Quire, May 7, 2025.

{{sortname|Ellen|Chang-Richardson}}

| Blood Belies

{{sortname|Nathanael|Jones|Nathanael Jones (Canadian writer)}}

| Aqueous

{{sortname|Marc|Perez}}

| Dayo

{{sortname|Barbara|Tran}}

| Precedented Parroting

{{sortname|Chimwemwe|Undi}}

| Scientific Marvel

References

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External links

  • [http://www.poets.ca League of Canadian Poets]

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