Stephanie Bolster (born 1969) is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1991) and a Master of Fine Arts (1994) from the University of British Columbia. Her first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1998.
1993 Norma Epstein Award for Creative Writing1996 Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for Poetry1997 Contemporary Verse 2 poetry competition1997 The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize1998 Governor General's Award1998 Poetry Chapbook Contest, Mother Tongue Press1999 Gerald Lampert Award2000 Lampman-Scott Award2003 Great Blue Heron Poetry Competition, The Antigonish ReviewThree Bloody Words (above/ground press, Ottawa, 1996). Chapbook, published in edition of 300.Inside A Tent of Skin: 9 Poems from the National Gallery of Ottawa. (Mother Tongue Press, 1998). Limited edition chapbook.White Stone: The Alice Poems (Véhicule Editions, 1998).Two Bowls of Milk (McClelland & Stewart, 1999).Pavilion (McClelland & Stewart, 2002).A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth (Brick Books, London, ON, 2011).Three Bloody Words: Twentieth Anniversary Edition (above/ground press, Ottawa, 2016).The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems, Diana Brebner, edited and with an introduction by Stephanie Bolster. Montréal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, 2004.The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008, edited by Stephanie Bolster, series/advisory editor Molly Peacock. Toronto: Tightrope Books, 2008.Penned: Zoo Poems, edited by Stephanie Bolster, Katia Grubisic, and Simon Reader. Montreal: Signal Editions/Véhicule Press, 2009.Global Poetry Anthology, edited by Valerie Bloom, Stephanie Bolster, Frank M. Chipasula, Fred D’Aguiar, Michael Harris, John Kinsella, Sinéad Morrissey, Odia Ofeimun, Eric Ormsby, and Anand Thakore. Montreal: Signal Editions/Véhicule Press, 2012. 