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Gerald Lampert Award

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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. 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
  • 2009 - Katia Grubisic, What if red ran out
  • 2010 - James Langer, Gun Dogs
  • 2011 - Anna Swanson, The Nights Also
  • 2012 - Yi-Mei Tsiang, Sweet Devilry
  • 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

    • References

    Gerald Lampert Award Wikipedia
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