Pat Lowther Award
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The award was established in 1980 to honour poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975. [1] Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000. [2]
Winners
- 1981 - M. Travis Lane, Divinations and Short Poems 1973-1978
- 1982 - Rona Murray, Journey
- 1983 - Rhea Tregebov, Remembering History
- 1984 - Bronwen Wallace, Signs of the Former Tenant
- 1985 - Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
- 1986 - Erin Mouré, Domestic Fuel
- 1987 - Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
- 1988 - Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds
- 1989 - Heather Spears, The Word for Sand
- 1990 - Patricia Young, The Mad and Beautiful Mothers
- 1991 - Karen Connelly, The Small Words in My Body
- 1992 - Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground
- 1993 - Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk
- 1994 - Diana Brebner, The Golden Lotus
- 1995 - Beth Goobie, Scars of Light
- 1996 - Lorna Crozier, Everything Arrives at the Light
- 1997 - Marilyn Bowering, Autobiography
- 1998 - Barbara Nickel, The Gladys Elegies
- 1999 - Hilary Clark, More Light
- 2000 - Esta Spalding, Lost August
- 2001 - Sharon Thesen, A Pair of Scissors
- 2002 - Heather Spears, Required Reading: A Witness in Words and Drawings to the Reena Virk Trials 1998-2000
- 2003 - Dionne Brand, thirsty
- 2004 - Betsy Struthers, Still
- 2005 - Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
- 2006 - Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall
- 2007 - Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound
- 2008 - Anne Simpson, Quick [3]
- 2009 - Alice Major, The Office Tower Tales
- 2010 - Karen Solie, Pigeon
- 2011 - Evelyn Lau, Living Under Plastic[4]
- 2012 - Sue Goyette, outskirts
- 2013 - Rachel Rose, Song and Spectacle[5]
- 2014 - Alexandra Oliver, Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway
See also
- Canadian poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- Gerald Lampert Award
References
- ↑ "Pat Lowther: Biography". Canadian Poetry Online. University of Toronto Libraries. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Pat Lowther Memorial Award". Poets.ca. The League of Canadian Poets. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ↑ "Press Release: N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News". cbc.ca. Monday, June 23, 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2012. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Winners of the Pat Lowther & Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced". Open Book: Toronto.
- ↑ Rachel Rose Wins the Pat Lowther Memorial Award.