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
2001 Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
2002 Aislinn Hunter, Into the Early Hours
2003 Kathy Mac, Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth
2004 Adam Getty, Reconciliation[4]
2005 Ray Hsu, Anthropy
2006 Suzanne Buffam, Past Imperfect[7]
2007 Steven Price, Anatomy of Keys
2008 Alex Boyd, Making Bones Walk[8]
2009 Katia Grubisic, what if red ran out[10]
2010 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 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 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 Gillian Savigny, Notebook M
2014 Murray Reiss, The Survival Rate of Butterflies in the Wild
2015 Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On
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[17]
2018 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 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
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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. "Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.
  5. "Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.
  6. "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. "Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.
  10. "Winners of the [sic]the Path Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced". Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.
  11. "Announcing the 2010 Award Winners of the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Awards". Open Book Toronto, June 13, 2010.
  12. "Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards 2011 Shortlists Announced". Canada Arts Connect, April 6, 2011.
  13. "Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, April 3, 2012.
  14. "League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 5, 2013.
  15. "League of Canadian Poets Announces 2014 Prize Shortlists & Spoken Word Winner!". Open Book Toronto, April 1, 2014.
  16. "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. "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.
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