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Gerald Lampert Award

The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually 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.[1] Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner Nominated
1981 Blue ribbon Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House
1982 Blue ribbon Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber
Blue ribbon Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
1983 Blue ribbon Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
1984 Blue ribbon Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers
Blue ribbon Jean McKay, Gone to Grass
1985 Blue ribbon Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
1986 Blue ribbon Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
1987 Blue ribbon Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
1988 Blue ribbon Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
  • Beverly Daurio, If Summer Had a Knife[2]
  • Janet Simpson-Cooke, Future Rivers[2]
1989 Blue ribbon Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta
1990 Blue ribbon Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival
1991 Blue ribbon Diana Brebner, Radiant Life Forms
  • Lesley-Anne Bourne, The Story of Pears[3]
  • Michael Redhill, Impromptu Feats of Balance[3]
  • Ronn Silverstein, Diary of a Glass Blower in Solitude[3]
1992 Blue ribbon Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
1993 Blue ribbon Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs
Blue ribbon Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
1994 Blue ribbon Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow
Blue ribbon Ilya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan's Tale
1995 Blue ribbon Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
1996 Blue ribbon Maureen Hynes, Rough Skin
1997 Blue ribbon Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl
1998 Blue ribbon Mark Sinnett, The Landing
1999 Blue ribbon Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
2000 Blue ribbon Shawna Lemay, All the God-Sized Fruit
2001 Blue ribbon Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
2002 Blue ribbon Aislinn Hunter, Into the Early Hours
2003 Blue ribbon Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
  • Nancy Jo Cullen, Science Fiction Saint
  • Michael deBeyer, Rural Night Catalogue
  • Sharron Proulx-Turner, what the auntys say
  • Christine Wiesenthal, Instruments of Surrender
2004 Blue ribbon Adam Getty, Reconciliation[4]
2005 Blue ribbon Ray Hsu, Anthropy
2006 Blue ribbon Suzanne Buffam, Past Imperfect[7]
2007 Blue ribbon Steven Price, Anatomy of Keys
2008 Blue ribbon Alex Boyd, Making Bones Walk[8]
  • Joshua Auerbach, Radius of Light[9]
  • Alison Calder, Wolf Tree[9]
  • Dymphny Dronyk, Contrary Infatuations[9]
  • Kim Goldberg, Ride Backwards on Dragon[9]
  • Erin Knight, The Sweet Fuels[9]
2009 Blue ribbon Katia Grubisic, what if red ran out[10]
  • Adam Chiles, Evening Land[10]
  • Jeramy Dodds, Crabwise to the Hounds[10]
  • Kate Eichhorn, Fond[10]
  • Sachiko Murakami, The Invisibility Exhibit[10]
  • Johanna Skibsrud, Late Nights With Wild Cowboys[10]
2010 Blue ribbon James Langer, Gun Dogs[11]
  • Kate Hall, The Certainty Dream[11]
  • Marcus McCann, Soft Where[11]
  • Soraya Peerbaye, Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names[11]
  • Marguerite Pigeon, Inventory[11]
  • Robert Earl Stewart, Something Burned Along the Southern Border[11]
2011 Blue ribbon Anna Swanson, The Nights Also
  • Susan Briscoe, The Crow’s Vow[12]
  • Karen Enns, That Other Beauty[12]
  • Jeff Latosik, Tiny, Frantic, Stronger[12]
  • Nikki Reimer, [sic][12]
  • Clea Roberts, Here Is Where We Disembark[12]
2012 Blue ribbon Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, Sweet Devilry
  • Kirsty Elliot, True[13]
  • Rosemary Griebel, Yes[13]
  • Suzanne Robertson, Paramita[13]
  • Lisa Shatzky, Do Not Call Me By My Name[13]
  • Leslie Vryenhoek, Gulf[13]
2013 Blue ribbon Gillian Savigny, Notebook M
  • James Arthur, Charms Against Lightning[14]
  • Nora Gould, I see my love more clearly from a distance[14]
  • Mathew Henderson, The Lease[14]
  • Nyla Matuk, Sumptuary Laws[14]
  • Andrew McEwan, Repeater[14]
2014 Blue ribbon Murray Reiss, The Survival Rate of Butterflies in the Wild
  • Jordan Abel, the place of scraps[15]
  • Laurie D. Graham, Rove[15]
  • Julie Joosten, Light Light[15]
  • Emilia Nielsen, Surge Narrows[15]
  • Juleta Severson-Baker, Incarnate[15]
2015 Blue ribbon Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On
  • Sylvia D. Hamilton, And I Alone Escaped to Tell You[16]
  • Stevie Howell, Sharps[16]
  • Kerry Lee Powell, Inheritance[16]
  • Suzannah Showler, Failure to Thrive[16]
  • Anne-Marie Turza, The Quiet[16]
2016 Blue ribbon Ben Ladouceur, Otter
  • Melissa Bull, Rue
  • Chad Campbell, Laws & Locks
  • Raoul Fernandes, Transmitter and Receiver
  • Cassidy McFadzean, Hacker Packer
  • Derek Webster, Mockingbird
2017 Blue ribbon Ingrid Ruthig, This Being[17]
  • Christopher Gudgeon, Assdeep in Wonder[18]
  • Jennifer Houle, The Back Channels[18]
  • John Nyman, Players[18]
  • Margo Wheaton, The Unlit Path Behind the House[18]
  • Banoo Zan, Songs of Exile[18]
2018 Blue ribbon Emily Nilsen, Otolith[19]
  • Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound is a World
  • Jack Davis, Faunics
  • Wendy Donawa, Thin Air of the Knowable
  • Julie Paul, The Rules of the Kingdom
  • Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements
2019 Blue ribbon Tess Liem, Obits.[20]
  • Klara du Plessis, Ekke
  • Tanis Franco, Quarry
  • Mikko Harvey, Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit
  • Jenny Haysom, Dividing the Wayside
  • Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Port of Being
2020 Blue ribbon Heather Birrell, Float and Scurry[21]
  • Laura Cok, Doubter's Hymnal
  • Paola Ferrante, What to Wear While Surviving a Lion Attack
  • Thomas King, 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin
  • Alessandra Naccarato, Re-Origin of Species
  • Matthew Walsh, these are not the potatoes of my youth

References

  1. ^ McNally Robinson - (Apr 7, 2010). "The shortlists for the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards announced. - books". mcnallyrobinson.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Allison, MacEwen make short list for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.
  3. ^ a b c "Brand, Brewster nominated for award". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 1991.
  4. ^ "Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.
  5. ^ a b c d "Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.
  6. ^ a b c d "Shortlists unveiled for Lowther, Lampert prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2005.
  7. ^ "Poets enter League of their own". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2006.
  8. ^ "N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours". CBC Books. June 23, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Winners of the [sic]the Path Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced". Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Announcing the 2010 Award Winners of the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Awards". Open Book Toronto, June 13, 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards 2011 Shortlists Announced". Canada Arts Connect, April 6, 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, April 3, 2012.
  14. ^ a b c d e "League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 5, 2013.
  15. ^ a b c d e "League of Canadian Poets Announces 2014 Prize Shortlists & Spoken Word Winner!". Open Book Toronto, April 1, 2014.
  16. ^ a b c d e "Prizes announced on first day of National Poetry Month". Toronto Star, April 1, 2015.
  17. ^ "Sinclair, Ruthig, Halfe, anitafrika win 2017 LCP Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 12, 2017.
  18. ^ a b c d e "Finalists for Canadian poetry awards announced". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 2017.
  19. ^ "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 18, 2018.
  20. ^ "Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.
  21. ^ Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.

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