International Awards
The Kiriyama Prize
In recognition of outstanding books that promote greater understanding of and among the nations of the Pacific Rim and of South Asia
Notable Book (2005): The Pearl King and Other Poems by Catherine Greenwood
GCLS Literary Awards
Golden Crown Literary Awards
Winner – Lesbian Poetry (2008): Torch River by Elizabeth Philips
Lambda Literary Awards
Nominated – Gay Poetry (2009): Hymn by John Barton
Nominated – LGBT Poetry (2008): Torch River by Elizabeth Philips
Nominated – LGBT Poetry (2008): Going Around with Bachelors by Agnes Walsh
National Awards
Griffin Poetry Prize
Shortlisted (2006): An Oak Hunch by Phil Hall
Winner (2003): Concrete and Wild Carrot by Margaret Avison
Shortlisted (2002): Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie
Governor General’s Award for Poetry
Winner (2012): Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck
Winner (2007): All Our Wonder Unavenged by Don Domanski
Shortlisted (2005): The Burning Alphabet by Barry Dempster
Shortlisted (2004): Robinson’s Crossing by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (2004): The Memory Orchard by Tim Bowling
Shortlisted (2001): Trouble Sleeping by Phil Hall
Shortlisted (2000): Rest on the Flight into Egypt by A.F. Moritz
Winner (1999): Songs for Relinquishing the Earth by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (1999): The Bridge that Carries the Road by Lynn Davies
Shortlisted (1999): The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette
Shortlisted (1997): A Broken Bowl by Patrick Friesen
Shortlisted (1997): In Cannon Cave by Carole Glasser Langille
The Globe 100
Top 100 books of each year chosen by the Globe and Mail
2012 – Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck
2009 – Spirit Engine by John Donlan
2008 – Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
2006 – Anatomy of Keys by Steven Price
2005 – Modern and Normal by Karen Solie
2005 – Souwesto Home by James Reaney
2004 – Mortal Arguments by Sue Sinclair
2003 – Concrete and Wild Carrot by Margaret Avison
1999 – The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette
1997 – A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont
Kobzar Literary Award
Recognizing outstanding contribution to Canadian literary arts through presentation of a Ukrainian Canadian theme
Winner (2010) – Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
For best first book of poetry published in the previous year (League of Canadian Poets)
Shortlisted (2013): I see my love more clearly from a distance by Nora Gould
Shortlisted (2011): That Other Beauty by Karen Enns
Winner (2007): Anatomy of Keys by Steven Price
Shortlisted (2006): Inter Alia by David Seymour
Shortlisted (2005): Little Horse by Susan Downe
Shortlisted (2002): Household Hints for the End of Time by Ken Howe
Shortlisted (2002): Secrets of Weather & Hope by Sue Sinclair
Shortlisted (2002): Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie
Shortlisted (2000): The Bridge that Carries the Road by Lynn Davies
Shortlisted (1999): The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette
Winner (1997): A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont
Shortlisted (1997): Calm Jazz Sea by Mike Barnes
Winner (1992): Eyes Like Pigeons by Roberta Rees
Pat Lowther Memorial Award
For the best book of poetry by a woman (League of Canadian Poets)
Shortlisted (2013): Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck
Winner (2012): outskirts by Sue Goyette
Shortlisted (2012): A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth by Stephanie Bolster
Shortlisted (2008): Two Hemispheres by Nadine McInnis
Shortlisted (2008): Going Around with Bachelors by Agnes Walsh
Shortlisted (2007): I, Nadja and Other Poems by Susan Elmslie
Shortlisted (2005): Robinson’s Crossing by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (2004): Ör by Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen
Shortlisted (2003): Shameless by Marlene Cookshaw
Shortlisted (2002): Foreign Homes by Joan Crate
Shortlisted (2001): Slow-Moving Target by Sue Wheeler
Shortlisted (2000): Anthem by Helen Humphreys
Winner (1999): More Light by Hilary Clark
Shortlisted (1999): The True Names of Birds by Susan Goyette
Shortlisted (1999): Marrying the Sea by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Shortlisted (1999): Songs for Relinquishing the Earth by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (1997): Toward a Catalogue of Falling by Méira Cook
Shortlisted (1994): Hologram: A Book of Glosas by P.K. Page
Shortlisted (1994): Spells for Clear Vision by Neile Graham
Shortlisted (1992): Summer Grass by Marianne Bluger
Shortlisted (1991): Reasons for Winter by Naomi Guttman
Shortlisted (1991): Body Rain by J. A. Hamilton
Raymond Souster Award
For the best book of poetry by a member of the League of Canadian Poets (League of Canadian Poets)
Shortlisted (2013): Between Dusk and Night by Emily McGiffin
CAA Award for Poetry
Canadian Authors Association
Winner (2011): Return from Erebus by Julia McCarthy
Winner (2006): The Burning Alphabet by Barry Dempster
Winner (2003): Concrete and Wild Carrot by Margaret Avison
Winner (2000): Anthem by Helen Humphreys
Winner (1999): Marrying the Sea by Janice Kulyk Keefer
Provincial and Municipal Awards from West to East
BC Book Prize
The Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry
Shortlisted (2011): The Secret Signature of Things by Eve Joseph
Shortlisted (2007): Anatomy of Keys by Steven Price
Winner (2005): Robinson’s Crossing by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (2003): Shameless by Marlene Cookshaw
Winner (2002): Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie
Shortlisted (2001): Slow-Moving Target by Sue Wheeler
Shortlisted (1999): Songs for Relinquishing the Earth by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (1990): The Whole Elephant by Marlene Cookshaw
City of Victoria Butler Book Prize
Shortlisted (2010): The Secret Signature of Things by Eve Joseph
Shortlisted (2005): Robinson’s Crossing by Jan Zwicky
VanCity Book Prize
Honourable Mention (1997): A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont
Writers Guild of Alberta Award
Shortlisted (2013): I see my love more clearly from a distance, Nora Gould – for Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Shortlisted (2005): The Memory Orchard, Tim Bowling – for Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Shortlisted (2003): Cartography and Walking, Adam Dickinson – for Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book
Winner (1995): Earth Prime by Bert Almon – for poetry
Winner (1992): Eyes Like Pigeons by Roberta Rees – for poetry
Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
Winner (2013): I see my love more clearly from a distance, Nora Gould
City of Edmonton Book Prize
Shortlisted (2005): The Memory Orchard, Tim Bowling
Manitoba Book Awards
Winner, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer (2012): Jennifer Still
Shortlisted, Aqua Lansdowne Prize for Poetry (2012): A Walker in the City by Méira Cook
Shortlisted, Aqua Lansdowne Prize for Poetry (2012): Girlwood by Jennifer Still
Shortlisted, Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for best first book (2003): Ending with Music by Maurice Mierau
Shortlisted, John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer (2003): Ending with Music by Maurice Mierau
Shortlisted, McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1997): Toward a Catalogue of Falling by Méira Cook
Anne Szumigalski Award for Poetry
Shortlisted (2008): Cypress by Barbara Klar
Winner (2007): Thin Moon Psalm by Sheri Benning
Shortlisted (2007): Torch River by Elizabeth Philips
Shortlisted (2003): The Dwelling of Weather by Hilary Clark
Winner (2001): Household Hints for the End of Time by Ken Howe
Winner (1999): More Light by Hilary Clark
Shortlisted (1998): Autodidactic by Don Kerr
Book of the Year
Shortlisted (2008): Cypress by Barbara Klar
Shortlisted (2007): Thin Moon Psalm by Sheri Benning
Saskatoon Book Award
Winner (2007): Thin Moon Psalm by Sheri Benning
Shortlisted (2007): Torch River by Elizabeth Philips
Shortlisted (2003): The Dwelling of Weather by Hilary Clark
Regina Book Award
Shortlisted (2001): Household Hints for the End of Time by Ken Howe
Trillium Book Award for Poetry
Shortlisted (2007): Kingdom, Phylum by Adam Dickinson
Shortlisted (2006): Modern and Normal by Karen Solie
Shortlisted (2004): The Vicinity by David O’Meara.
Northern “LIT” Award
Northern Libraries recognizing Northern Authors
Shortlisted (2011): The Fetch by Nico Rogers
Ottawa Book Awards
Fiction (including poetry)
Shortlisted (2009): Noble Gas, Penny Black by David O’Meara
Lampman-Scott Award
For the best book of poetry in the National Capital Region
Winner (2009): Noble Gas, Penny Black by David O’Meara
Shortlisted (2009): Daughters of Men by Brenda Leifso
Shortlisted (2009): The Luskville Reductions by Monty Reid
Shortlisted (2008): Two Hemispheres by Nadine McInnis
Archibald Lampman Award
For the best book of poetry in the National Capital Region
Winner (2004): The Vicinity by David O’Meara
Winner (1993): Summer Grass by Marianne Bluger
Quebec Writers’ Federation – A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Shortlisted (2012): The Rapids by Susan Gillis
Winner (2006): I, Nadja and Other Poems by Susan Elmslie
Shortlisted (1994): The Woman Downstairs by Julie Bruck
Shortlisted (1993): Short Talks by Anne Carson
Winner (1992): Reasons for Winter by Naomi Guttman
Quebec Writers’ Federation – Concordia University First Book Prize
Winner (2011): The Truth of Houses by Ann Scowcroft
Quebec Writers’ Federation – McAuslan First Book Prize
Shortlisted (2006): I, Nadja and Other Poems by Susan Elmslie
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award
Winner (2008): All Our Wonder Unavenged by Don Domanski
Atlantic Poetry Prize
Winner (2012): outskirts by Sue Goyette
Shortlisted (2009): Breaker by Sue Sinclair
Winner (2008): All Our Wonder Unavenged by Don Domanski
Shortlisted (2005): Undone by Sue Goyette
Shortlisted (2004): Mortal Arguments by Sue Sinclair
Shortlisted (1998): In Cannon Cave by Carole Glasser Langille
Dartmouth Book Award
Shortlisted (2005): Undone by Sue Goyette
Margaret and John Savage First Book Award
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Shortlisted (2005) – The Sorrowing House by Genevieve Lehr
Winterset Award
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Winner (2008) – Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize
Winner (2009) – Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
Shortlisted (2009) – Going Around with Bachelors by Agnes Walsh
Heritage and History Book Award
Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
Shortlisted (2009) – Going Around with Bachelors by Agnes Walsh
Shortlisted (2009) – Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
And More National Awards
Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry
Formerly known as Milton Acorn Memorial People’s Poetry Prize
Shortlisted (2012): The Truth of Houses by Ann Scowcroft
Shortlisted (2011): The Secret Signature of Things by Eve Joseph
Shortlisted (2011): Alien, Correspondent by Antony Di Nardo
Shortlisted (2005): Robinson’s Crossing by Jan Zwicky
Shortlisted (2005): Undone by Sue Goyette
Shortlisted (2001): Anthem by Helen Humphreys
Shortlisted (1999): Hard Light by Michael Crummey
Winner (1995): Variations on Herb by John B. Lee
Shortlisted (1987): Hired Hands by John B. Lee
Alcuin Citations from the Alcuin Society for excellence in book design in Canada
1993: Short Talks by Anne Carson
1992: Adult Language Warning by William Robertson
1991: The Ledger by Robert Kroetsch
1991: Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios by Helen Humphreys
ReLit Awards
Longlisted (2012): The Truth of Houses by Ann Scowcroft
Longlisted (2012): A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth by Stephanie Bolster
Longlisted (2012): A Walker in the City by Méira Cook
Shortlisted (2011): The Good News About Armageddon by Steve McOrmond
Longlisted (2011): Return from Erebus by Julia McCarthy
Longlisted (2011): Alien, Correspondent by Antony Di Nardo
Shortlisted (2010): The Last House by Michael Kenyon
Longlisted (2010): Hooked by Carolyn Smart
Longlisted (2010): Other People’s Lives by Chris Hutchinson
Shortlisted (2009): Noble Gas, Penny Black by David O’Meara
Longlisted (2009): Cypress by Barbara Klar
Longlisted (2009): Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs
Shortlisted (2008): Two Hemispheres by Nadine McInnis
Longlisted (2008): Combustion by Lorri Neilsen Glenn
Longlisted (2008): Going Around with Bachelors by Agnes Walsh
Longlisted (2008): Torch River by Elizabeth Philips
Longlisted (2008): All Our Wonder Unavenged by Don Domanski
Longlisted (2008): Thin Moon Psalm by Sheri Benning
Longlisted (2008): Woodshedding by S.E. Venart
Shortlisted (2007): I, Nadja and Other Poems by Susan Elmslie
Longlisted (2007): Anatomy of Keys by Steven Price
Longlisted (2006): The Burning Alphabet by Barry Dempster
Longlisted (2006): Lunar Drift by Marlene Cookshaw
Longlisted (2006): Souwesto Home by James Reaney
Longlisted (2006): Modern and Normal by Karen Solie
Longlisted (2006): An Oak Hunch by Phil Hall
Longlisted (2005): Robinson’s Crossing, Jan Zwicky
Longlisted (2005): The Sorrowing House, Genevieve Lehr
Longlisted (2005): The Pearl King and Other Poems, Catherine Greenwood
Shortlisted (2004): The Vicinity by David O’Meara
Longlisted (2004): Ör by Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen,
Longlisted (2004): Your Last Day on Earth by Carla Hartsfield
Longlisted (2004): Slovenly Love by Méira Cook
Longlisted (2002): Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie
Longlisted (2002): Household Hints for the End of Time by Ken Howe
Shortlisted (2001): Mining for Sun by John Reibetanz
