April is Poetry Month
The League of Canadian Poets created National Poetry Month in 1999 in order to celebrate and increase awareness of Canadian poetry. During this month a number of poetry award nominations are announced.
The Griffin Poetry Prize
The largest award for a single volume of poetry, the Griffin Poetry Prize presents winners in two categories annually. Winners will be announced on June 13.
Canadian
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Personals by Ian Williams
Sailing to Babylon by James Pollock
What's the Score: 99 Poems by David W. McFadden
International
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Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me and Other Poems by Ghassan Zaqtan, translated by Fady Joudah
Liquid Nitrogen by Jennifer Maiden
(Not currently available at Toronto Public Library.)
Night of the Republic by Alan Shapiro
Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award recognizes the best first volume of poetry by a Canadian. It is sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets.
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Charms Against Lightning by James Arthur
I See My Love More Clearly From a Distance by Nora Gould
The Lease by Mathew Henderson
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Notebook M by Gillian Savigny
repeater by Andrew McEwan
Sumptuary Laws by Nyla Matuk
Pat Lowther Memorial Award
This award celebrates a book of poetry written by a Canadian woman. Also sponsored by the League of Canadian Poets, it is named after British Columbia poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975.
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The Book of Marvels: a Compendium of Everyday Things by Lorna Crozier
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A Grain of Rice by Evelyn Lau
(Not currently available at Toronto Public Library.)
Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck
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Slow Curve Out by Maureen Scott Harris
Song and Spectacle by Rachel Rose
Soul Mouth by Rachel Bowering
Raymond Souster Award
The collections nominated for this award must be written by members of the Canadian League of Poets and published in the previous year. Created to honour legendary Canadian poet Raymond Souster, it will be presented for the first time in 2013.
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Between Dusk and Night by Emily McGiffin
the Flicker tree: Okanagan Poems by Nancy Holmes
Hummingbird by John Wall Barger
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The New Measures by A.F. Moritz
no ordinary place by Pamela Porter
Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato
The winners of the Gerald Lampert, Pat Lowther and Raymond Souster Awards will be announced on June 8.
2 thoughts on “April is Poetry Month”
Rachel Rose won’the 2013 Audre Lorde Award on 25 April for Song & Spectacle.
Congratulations to Rachel Rose!
Thank you janvier25 for the information. A blog post about the Publishing Triangle Awards will appear next week.