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.[1] 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.[1]

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Nominated
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[1]
1985	Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
1986	Erin Mouré, Domestic Fuel[1]
1987	Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
1988	Gwendolyn MacEwen, Afterworlds[1]	Gay Allison, The Unravelling[2] Judith Fitzgerald, Diary of Desire[2] Sharon Thesen, The Beginning of the Long Dash[2] Bronwen Wallace, The Stubborn Particulars of Grace[2]
1989	Heather Spears, The Word for Sand	Joan Finnigan, The Watershed Collection Erin Mouré, Furious
1990	Patricia Young, The Mad and Beautiful Mothers
1991	Karen Connelly, The Small Words in My Body	Dionne Brand, No Language Is Neutral[3] Elizabeth Brewster, Spring Again[3] Jan Conn, South of the Tudo Bem Cafe[3]
1992	Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground
1993	Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk[1]
1994	Diana Brebner, The Golden Lotus
1995	Beth Goobie, Scars of Light
1996	Lorna Crozier, Everything Arrives at the Light[1]
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[1]
2004	Betsy Struthers, Still[4]	Di Brandt, Now You Care[5] Mary Dalton, Merrybegot[5] Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Or[5] Jeanette Lynes, Left Fields[5] Erin Noteboom, Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska[5]
2005	Roo Borson, Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida[1]	Ronna Bloom, Public Works[6] Aislinn Hunter, The Possible Past[6] K. I. Press, Spine[6] Sue Sinclair, The Drunken Lovely Bird[6] Jan Zwicky, Robinson's Crossing[6]
2006	Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall[7]
2007	Sina Queyras, Lemon Hound
2008	Anne Simpson, Quick[8]	Alison Calder, Wolf Tree[9] Louise Bernice Halfe, The Crooked Good[9] Nadine McInnis, Two Hemispheres[9] Olive Senior, Shell[9] Agnes Walsh, Going Around With Bachelors[9]
2009	Alice Major, The Office Tower Tales[10]	Margaret Christakos, What Stirs[10] Linda Frank, Kahlo: The World Split Open[10] Daphne Marlatt, The Given[10] Sue Sinclair, Breaker[10] Heather Spears, I can still draw[10]
2010	Karen Solie, Pigeon[1][11]	Elizabeth Bachinsky, God of Missed Connections[11] Ronna Bloom, Permiso[11] Sina Queyras, Expressway[11] Damian Rogers, Paper Radio[11] Laisha Rosnau, Lousy Explorers[11]
2011	Evelyn Lau, Living Under Plastic	Dionne Brand, Ossuaries[12] Di Brandt, Walking to Mojácar[12] Alice Major, Memory’s Daughter[12] Pamela Porter, Cathedral[12] Nela Rio, La luna, Tango, siempre la luna / The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon[12]
2012	Sue Goyette, outskirts	Stephanie Bolster, A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth[13] Lorna Crozier, Small Mechanics[13] Rosemary Griebel, Yes[13] Amanda Jernigan, Groundwork[13] Jan Zwicky, Forge[13]
2013	Rachel Rose, Song and Spectacle	Marilyn Bowering, Soul Mouth[14] Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch[14] Lorna Crozier, The Book of Marvels[14] Maureen Scott Harris, Slow Curve Out[14] Evelyn Lau, A Grain of Rice[14]
2014	Alexandra Oliver, Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway	Elizabeth Bachinsky, The Hottest Summer in Recorded History[15] Anne Compton, Alongside[15] Sadiqa de Meijer, Leaving Howe Island[15] Micheline Maylor, Whirr and Click[15] Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, Status Update[15]
2015	Sina Queyras, MxT	Joanne Arnott, Halfling Spring: an internet romance[16] Jen Currin, School[16] Judy Halebsky, Tree Line[16] Jude Neale, A Quiet Coming of Light[16] Lisa Robertson, Cinema of the Present[16]
2016	Lorna Crozier, The Wrong Cat	Rosanna Deerchild, calling down the sky Adebe DeRango-Adem, Terra Incognita Maureen Hynes, The Poison Colour Rachel Rose, Marry & Burn Sarah Tolmie, Trio
2017	Sue Sinclair, Heaven's Thieves	Juliane Okot Bitek, 100 Days[17] Anne Carson, Float[17] Julie Cameron Gray, Lady Crawford[17] Alexandra Oliver, Let the Empire Down[17] Johanna Skibsrud, The Description of the World[17]
2018	Lesley Belleau, Indianland[18]	Mary di Michele, Bicycle Thieves Susan Elmslie, Museum of Kindness Beth Goobie, Breathing at Dusk Catherine Owen, Dear Ghost Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements
2019	Klara du Plessis, Ekke[19]	Dani Couture, Listen Before Transmit Emilia Nielsen, Body Work Laura Ritland, East and West Deanna Young, Reunion Jennifer Zilm, The Missing Field
2020	Chantal Gibson, How She Read[20]	Roxanna Bennett, Unmeaningable  Maureen Hynes, Sotto Voce Doyali Islam, heft Michelle Porter, Inquiries  Karen Solie, The  Caiplie Caves  Souvankham Thammavongsa, Cluster

See also

• Canadian poetry
• List of literary awards honoring women
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• Gerald Lampert Award

References

1. "Pat Lowther Memorial Award". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 13, 2012.
2. "Allison, MacEwen make short list for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.
3. "Brand, Brewster nominated for award". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 1991.
4. "Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.
5. "Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.
6. "Shortlists unveiled for Lowther, Lampert prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2005.
7. "Poets enter League of their own". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2006.
8. "N.S., Toronto poets win League of Canadian Poets honours". CBC Books. June 23, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
9. "Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.
10. "Winners of the the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced". Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.
11. "Announcing the 2010 Award Winners of the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Awards". Open Book Toronto, June 13, 2010.
12. "Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards 2011 Shortlists Announced" Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Canada Arts Connect, April 6, 2011.
13. "Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, April 3, 2012.
14. "League of Canadian Poets announces 2013 shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 5, 2013.
15. "League of Canadian Poets Announces 2014 Prize Shortlists & Spoken Word Winner!". Open Book Toronto, April 1, 2014.
16. "Prizes announced on first day of National Poetry Month". Toronto Star, April 1, 2015.
17. "Finalists for Canadian poetry awards announced". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 2017.
18. "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 18, 2018.
19. "Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.
20. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.

External links

• League of Canadian Poets