J. M. Abraham Poetry Award

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The J.M. Abraham Poetry Award, formerly known as the Atlantic Poetry Prize, is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, to the best work of poetry published by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.

Winners

1998 - Carmelita McGrath, To the New World

1999 - John Steffler, That Night We Were Ravenous

2000 - Ken Babstock, Mean

2001 - Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You

2002 - M. Travis Lane, Keeping Afloat

2003 - Anne Compton, Opening the Island

2004 - Brian Bartlett, Wanting the Day

2005 - David Helwig, The Year One

2006 - Anne Compton, Processional

2007 - Steve McOrmond, Primer on the hereafter

2008 - Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged

2009 - Brent MacLaine, Shades of Green

2010 - Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Lean-To

2011 - John Steffler, Lookout

2012 - Sue Goyette, outskirts

2013 - Lesley Choyce, I’m Alive. I Believe in Everything

2014 - Don Domanski, Bite Down Little Whisper

2015 - Susan Paddon, Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths

References

J. M. Abraham Poetry Award Wikipedia

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