Pat Lowther Award

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual Canadian literary award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.<ref name="canenc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The award was established in 1980 to honour poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975.<ref name=canenc/> Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.<ref name=canenc/>

Winners and shortlists

1980s

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
1981	Template:Sortname	Divinations and Short Poems 1973–1978	Winner
1982	Template:Sortname	Journey	Winner	<ref>"Columnist wins award". The Globe and Mail, April 15, 1982.</ref>
1983	Template:Sortname	Remembering History	Winner	<ref>James Adams, "Canucks decidedly hungry for books". Edmonton Journal, May 28, 1983.</ref>
1984	Template:Sortname	Signs of the Former Tenant	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
1985	Template:Sortname	Celestial Navigation	Winner	<ref>Patricia Lakes, "Nelson poet said to be winner of book award". Vancouver Sun, June 6, 1985.</ref>
1986	Template:Sortname	Domestic Fuel	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
1987	Template:Sortname	How to Read Faces	Winner	<ref name=sullivan>"Sullivan honored for poetry book". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1987.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist	<ref name=sullivan/>
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1988	Template:Sortname	Afterworlds	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist	<ref name="allison">"Allison, MacEwen make short list for poetry award". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1988.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Diary of Desire
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1989	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>"Notes to you...". Edmonton Journal, May 13, 1989.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist	<ref>Maureen Garvie, "Notebook". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 6, 1989.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Furious

1990s

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
1990	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>Philip Marchand, "Recent winners". Toronto Star, May 22, 1990.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Intent, Or the Weight of the World	Shortlist	<ref>"City poet in line for Lampert prize". Edmonton Journal, April 19, 1990.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Year in Pictures
	Template:Sortname	Saffron, Rose & Flame
	Template:Sortname	WSW (West South West)
	Template:Sortname	The New Room
1991	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>"League awards poets". Edmonton Journal, June 2, 1991.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	No Language Is Neutral	Shortlist	<ref name="1991list">"Brand, Brewster nominated for award". The Globe and Mail, May 4, 1991.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Spring Again
	Template:Sortname	South of the Tudo Bem Cafe
1992	Template:Sortname	Covering Rough Ground	Winner	<ref>Burt Heward, "Ottawa poet wins national contest". Ottawa Citizen, May 23, 1992.</ref>
1993	Template:Sortname	Inventing the Hawk	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
1994	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>"A passel of poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 1994.</ref>
1995	Template:Sortname	Scars of Light	Winner	<ref>"Beth Goobie wins poetry award". Montreal Gazette, June 26, 1995.</ref>
1996	Template:Sortname	Everything Arrives at the Light	Winner	<ref>"Future Ink". Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1996.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Morning in the Burned House	Shortlist	<ref>"Saskatoon poet nominated". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, May 11, 1996.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Jerusalem, Beloved
	Template:Sortname	Voice
	Template:Sortname	Aurora
	Template:Sortname	Solstice on the Anacortes Ferry
1997	Template:Sortname	Autobiography	Winner	<ref>Judith Isabella, "B.C. tops in a variety of literary awards". Victoria Times-Colonist, July 27, 1997.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Water Memory	Shortlist	<ref>"7 writers win prizes". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1997.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Toward a Catalogue of Falling
	Template:Sortname	Pearl
1998	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>Ken McGoogan, "Prairie publisher celebrates big year". Calgary Herald, June 27, 1998.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Land to Light On	Shortlist	<ref>"Two Montrealers in running for poetry prizes". Montreal Gazette, April 6, 1998.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Weight of Wings
	Template:Sortname	A Tantrum of Synonyms
	Template:Sortname	The Long Cold Green Evenings of Spring
	Template:Sortname	The Man With the Dancing Monkey
	Template:Sortname	Heaven Cake
	Template:Sortname	What I Remember From My Time on Earth
1999	Template:Sortname	More Light	Winner	<ref>Gordon Morash, "Edmonton poets shut out; Their absence from the podium shocks contest organizers". Edmonton Journal, June 13, 1999.</ref>

2000s

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
2000	Template:Sortname	Lost August	Winner	<ref>"Spalding wins poetry award". The Globe and Mail, June 6, 2000.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Misled	Shortlist	<ref name="lists">"The lists are in: Prizes, prizes and more prizes". Vancouver Sun, April 8, 2000.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Anthem
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	Template:Sortname	Giving My Body to Science
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref>"Speed Read". Halifax Daily News, June 12, 2001.</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	Required Reading: A Witness in Words and Drawings to the Reena Virk Trials 1998-2000	Winner	<ref>Alexandra Gill, "A little the verse for wear". The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2003.</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	thirsty	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
2004	Template:Sortname	Still	Winner	<ref>"Poets not afraid to self-promote". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 2004.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Now You Care	Shortlist	<ref name="2004list">"Poets shortlist announced". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 17, 2004.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Merrybegot
	Template:Sortname	Or
	Template:Sortname	Left Fields
	Template:Sortname	Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska
2005	Template:Sortname	Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida	Winner	<ref name="canenc" />
	Template:Sortname	Public Works	Shortlist	<ref name="2005list">"Shortlists unveiled for Lowther, Lampert prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2005.</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Spine
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	Template:Sortname	Robinson's Crossing
2006	Template:Sortname	Nerve Squall	Winner	<ref>"Poets enter League of their own". Ottawa Citizen, June 11, 2006.</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Lemon Hound	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Quick	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Wolf Tree	Shortlist	<ref name="2008list">"Shortlisted for poetry prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.</ref>
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	Template:Sortname	Two Hemispheres
	Template:Sortname	Shell
	Template:Sortname	Going Around With Bachelors
2009	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	<ref name="2009list">"Winners of the Template:Sic the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards Announced" Template:Webarchive. Open Book Toronto, June 15, 2009.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	What Stirs	Shortlist	<ref name="2009list" />
	Template:Sortname	Kahlo: The World Split Open
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	Template:Sortname	Breaker
	Template:Sortname	I can still draw

2010s

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
2010	Template:Sortname	Pigeon	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	God of Missed Connections	Shortlist	<ref>"The shortlists for the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards announced". McNally Robinson, April 7, 2010.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Permiso
	Template:Sortname	Expressway
	Template:Sortname	Paper Radio
	Template:Sortname	Lousy Explorers
2011	Template:Sortname	Living Under Plastic	Winner	<ref>Marsha Lederman, "Evelyn Lau named Vancouver poet laureate". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2011.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Ossuaries	Shortlist	<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Walking to Mojácar
	Template:Sortname	Memory’s Daughter
	Template:Sortname	Cathedral
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname/ The Moon, Tango, Always the Moon
2012	Template:Sortname	outskirts	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist	<ref name="2012list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Small Mechanics
	Template:Sortname	Yes
	Template:Sortname	Groundwork
	Template:Sortname	Forge
2013	Template:Sortname	Song and Spectacle	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Soul Mouth	Shortlist	<ref name="2013list">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Monkey Ranch
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	Template:Sortname	Slow Curve Out
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2014	Template:Sortname	Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Shortlist	<ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Alongside
	Template:Sortname	Leaving Howe Island
	Template:Sortname	Whirr and Click
	Template:Sortname	Status Update
2015	Template:Sortname	MxT	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Halfling Spring: an internet romance	Shortlist	<ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	School
	Template:Sortname	Tree Line
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname
	Template:Sortname	Cinema of the Present
2016	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	calling down the sky	Shortlist	<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Terra Incognita
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname
	Template:Sortname	Marry & Burn
	Template:Sortname	Trio
2017	Template:Sortname	Heaven's Thieves	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Float	Shortlist	<ref name="2017shortlist">Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Lady Crawford
	Template:Sortname	100 Days
	Template:Sortname	Let the Empire Down
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2018	Template:Sortname	Indianland	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Bicycle Thieves	Shortlist	<ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Museum of Kindness
	Template:Sortname	Breathing at Dusk
	Template:Sortname	Dear Ghost
	Template:Sortname	Admission Requirements
2019	Template:Sortname	Ekke	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Listen Before Transmit	Shortlist	<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Body Work
	Template:Sortname	East and West
	Template:Sortname	Reunion
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2020s

Year	Poet	Title	Result	Ref.
2020	Template:Sortname	How She Read	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Unmeaningable	Shortlist	<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Sotto Voce
	Template:Sortname	heft
	Template:Sortname	Inquiries
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname
	Template:Sortname	Cluster
2021	Template:Sortname	Washes, Prays	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Burning Sugar	Shortlist	<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Sick
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname
	Template:Sortname	Body Count
	Template:Sortname	Waking Ground
2022	Template:Sortname	Undoing Hours	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Field Requiem	Shortlist	<ref name="2022shortlist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Dear Birch
	Template:Sortname	Moldovan Hotel
	Template:Sortname	Il Virus
	Template:Sortname	sulphurtongue
2023	Template:Sortname	Quiet Night Think	Winner	<ref>"Matthew James Weigel, Gillian Sze, Adebe DeRango-Adem win League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2023.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Tender	Shortlist	<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2023 Book Awards shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 20, 2023.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Shadow Blight
	Template:Sortname	Harrowings
	Template:Sortname	A Is for Acholi
	Template:Sortname	Boat
2024	Template:Sortname	Vixen	Winner	<ref>"Hannah Green, Sandra Ridley and Bradley Peters win League of Canadian Poets prizes". CBC Books, May 1, 2024.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Wires That Sputter	Shortlist	<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2024 LCP Book Awards". Quill & Quire, April 17, 2024.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Natural Hustle
	Template:Sortname	Archipelago
	Template:Sortname	Selvage
	Template:Sortname	Falling Back in Love with Being Human
2025	Template:Sortname	The Work	Winner	<ref>"Marc Perez, Bren Simmers and Chimwemwe Undi win 2025 League of Canadian Poets prizes". CBC Books, May 20, 2025.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	The Seventh Town of Ghosts	Shortlist	<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2025 LCP Book Awards". Quill & Quire, May 7, 2025.</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Heliotropia
	Template:Sortname	Oh Witness Dey!
	Template:Sortname	The Knot of My Tongue
	Template:Sortname	Precedented Parroting

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

External links

• League of Canadian Poets