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

• 1981 - Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House
• 1982 - Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
• 1983 - Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
• 1984 - Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers and Jean McKay, Gone to Grass
• 1985 - Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
• 1986 - Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
• 1987 - Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
• 1988 - Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
• 1989 - Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta
• 1990 - Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival
• 1991 - Diana Brebner, Radiant Life Forms
• 1992 - Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
• 1993 - Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
• 1994 - Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow and Ilya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan's Tale
• 1995 - Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
• 1996 - Maureen Hynes, Rough Skin
• 1997 - Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl
• 1998 - Mark Sinnett, The Landing
• 1999 - Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
• 2000 - Shawna Lemay, All the God-Sized Fruit
• 2001 - Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
• 2002 - Aislinn Hunter, Into the Early Hours
• 2003 - Kathy Mac, Nail Hunters Plan for Strength and Growth
• 2004 - Adam Getty, RECONCILIaTION
• 2005 - Ray Hsu, Anthropy
• 2006 - Suzanne Buffam, Past Imperfect
• 2007 - Steven Price, Anatomy of Keys
• 2008 - Alex Boyd, Making Bones Walk ^[2][3]
• 2009 - Katia Grubisic, What if red ran out ^[4]
• 2010 - James Langer, Gun Dogs
• 2011 - Anna Swanson, The Nights Also^[5]
• 2012 - Yi-Mei Tsiang, Sweet Devilry
• 2013 - Gillian Savigny, Notebook M^[6]
• 2014 - Murray Reiss, The Survival Rate of Butterflies in the Wild
• 2015 - Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On
• 2016 - Ben Ladouceur, Otter

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. "Press Release: N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News". cbc.ca. June 23, 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
3. "Gerald Lampert — Poets.ca". poets.ca. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
4. "Katia Grubisic Bio | Atwater Library and Computer Centre". atwaterlibrary.ca. 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
5. Erin (June 14, 2011). "Winners of the Pat Lowther & Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced | Open Book: Toronto". openbooktoronto.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
6. Notebook M Wins the 2013 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award.

External links

• League of Canadian Poets