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	Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House
1982	Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber   Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
1983	Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
1984	Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers   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	Beverly Daurio, If Summer Had a Knife^[2] Janet Simpson-Cooke, Future Rivers^[2]
1989	Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta
1990	Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival
1991	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	Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
1993	Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs   Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
1994	Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow   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	Lynn Davies, The Bridge That Carries the Road^[4] David O'Meara, Storm Still^[4] Rachel Rose, Giving My Body to Science^[4] Terence Young, The Island in Winter^[4]
2001	Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
2002	Aislinn Hunter, Into the Early Hours
2003	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	Adam Getty, Reconciliation^[5]	Chris Banks, Bonfires^[6] Jill Hartman, A Painted Elephant^[6] Alison Pick, Question & Answer^[6] Ali Riley, Wayward^[6]
2005	Ray Hsu, Anthropy	Geoffrey Cook, Postscript^[7] Susan Downe, Little Horse^[7] A. J. Levin, Monk's Fruit^[7] Steve McOrmond, Lean Days^[7]
2006	Suzanne Buffam, Past Imperfect^[8]
2007	Steven Price, Anatomy of Keys
2008	Alex Boyd, Making Bones Walk^[9]	Joshua Auerbach, Radius of Light^[10] Alison Calder, Wolf Tree^[10] Dymphny Dronyk, Contrary Infatuations^[10] Kim Goldberg, Ride Backwards on Dragon^[10] Erin Knight, The Sweet Fuels^[10]
2009	Katia Grubisic, what if red ran out^[11]	Adam Chiles, Evening Land^[11] Jeramy Dodds, Crabwise to the Hounds^[11] Kate Eichhorn, Fond^[11] Sachiko Murakami, The Invisibility Exhibit^[11] Johanna Skibsrud, Late Nights With Wild Cowboys^[11]
2010	James Langer, Gun Dogs^[12]	Kate Hall, The Certainty Dream^[12] Marcus McCann, Soft Where^[12] Soraya Peerbaye, Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names^[12] Marguerite Pigeon, Inventory^[12] Robert Earl Stewart, Something Burned Along the Southern Border^[12]
2011	Anna Swanson, The Nights Also	Susan Briscoe, The Crow’s Vow^[13] Karen Enns, That Other Beauty^[13] Jeff Latosik, Tiny, Frantic, Stronger^[13] Nikki Reimer, [sic]^[13] Clea Roberts, Here Is Where We Disembark^[13]
2012	Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, Sweet Devilry	Kirsty Elliot, True^[14] Rosemary Griebel, Yes^[14] Suzanne Robertson, Paramita^[14] Lisa Shatzky, Do Not Call Me By My Name^[14] Leslie Vryenhoek, Gulf^[14]
2013	Gillian Savigny, Notebook M	James Arthur, Charms Against Lightning^[15] Nora Gould, I see my love more clearly from a distance^[15] Mathew Henderson, The Lease^[15] Nyla Matuk, Sumptuary Laws^[15] Andrew McEwan, Repeater^[15]
2014	Murray Reiss, The Survival Rate of Butterflies in the Wild	Jordan Abel, the place of scraps^[16] Laurie D. Graham, Rove^[16] Julie Joosten, Light Light^[16] Emilia Nielsen, Surge Narrows^[16] Juleta Severson-Baker, Incarnate^[16]
2015	Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On	Sylvia D. Hamilton, And I Alone Escaped to Tell You^[17] Stevie Howell, Sharps^[17] Kerry Lee Powell, Inheritance^[17] Suzannah Showler, Failure to Thrive^[17] Anne-Marie Turza, The Quiet^[17]
2016	Ben Ladouceur, Otter	Melissa Bull, Rue Chad Campbell, Laws & Locks Raoul Fernandes, Transmitter and Receiver Cassidy McFadzean, Hacker Packer Derek Webster, Mockingbird
2017	Ingrid Ruthig, This Being^[18]	Christopher Gudgeon, Assdeep in Wonder^[19] Jennifer Houle, The Back Channels^[19] John Nyman, Players^[19] Margo Wheaton, The Unlit Path Behind the House^[19] Banoo Zan, Songs of Exile^[19]
2018	Emily Nilsen, Otolith^[20]	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	Tess Liem, Obits.^[21]	Klara du Plessis, Ekke Tanis Franco, Quarry Mikko Harvey, Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit Jenny Haysom, Dividing the Wayside Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Port of Being
2020	Heather Birrell, Float and Scurry^[22]	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
2021	Bertrand Bickersteth, The Response of Weeds^[23]	Jillian Christmas, the gospel of breaking Valerie Mason-John, I Am Still Your Negro Bahar Orang, Where Things Touch Tyler Pennock, Bones Natasha Ramoutar, Bittersweet
2022	Alisha Kaplan, Qorbanot: Offerings^[24]	Selina Boan, Undoing Hours^[25] David Bradford, Dream of No One but Myself^[25] Dallas Hunt, Creeland^[25] Matsuki Masutani, I will be more myself in the next world^[25] Tom Prime, Mouthfuls of Space^[25] Bardia Sinaee, Intruder^[25]

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. "Allison, MacEwen make short list for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.
3. "Brand, Brewster nominated for award". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 1991.
4. "The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.
5. "Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.
6. "Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.
7. "Shortlists unveiled for Lowther, Lampert prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2005.
8. "Poets enter League of their own". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2006.
9. "N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours". CBC Books. June 23, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
10. "Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.
11. "Winners of the [sic]the Path Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced". Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.
12. "Announcing the 2010 Award Winners of the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Awards". Open Book Toronto, June 13, 2010.
13. "Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards 2011 Shortlists Announced" 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Canada Arts Connect, April 6, 2011.
14. "Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, April 3, 2012.
15. "League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 5, 2013.
16. "League of Canadian Poets Announces 2014 Prize Shortlists & Spoken Word Winner!". Open Book Toronto, April 1, 2014.
17. "Prizes announced on first day of National Poetry Month". Toronto Star, April 1, 2015.
18. "Sinclair, Ruthig, Halfe, anitafrika win 2017 LCP Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 12, 2017.
19. "Finalists for Canadian poetry awards announced". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 2017.
20. "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 18, 2018.
21. "Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.
22. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.
23. Charlie Smith, "Vancouver poet Jillian Christmas and UBC creative writing professor Ian Williams win national awards". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2021.
24. Cassandra Drudi, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2022 awards winners". Quill & Quire, May 5, 2022.
25. Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, April 21, 2022.

External links

• League of Canadian Poets