Raymond Souster Award

The Raymond Souster Award is a Canadian literary award, presented by the League of Canadian Poets to a book judged as the best work of poetry by a Canadian poet in the previous year.[1]

The award was presented for the first time in 2013,[2] and was named in honour of Canadian poet Raymond Souster.

Nominees and winners
Year Winner Nominated
2013 A. F. Moritz, The New Measures[2]
  • John Wall Barger, Hummingbird
  • Nancy Holmes, The Flicker tree: Okanagan Poems
  • Mark Lavorato, Wayworn Wooden Floors
  • Emily McGiffin, Between Dusk and Night
  • Pamela Porter, no ordinary place
2014 Anne Compton, Alongside[1]
2015 Patrick Lane, Washita
2016 Lorna Crozier, The Wrong Cat[3]
2017 Louise Bernice Halfe, Burning in this Midnight Dream[4]
  • Barry Dempster, Disturbing the Buddha
  • Beth Everest, silent sister: the mastectomy poems
  • Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Serpentine Loop
  • Steven Heighton, The Waking Comes Late
  • Dean Steadman, Après Satie – For Two and Four Hands
2018 Karen Enns, Cloud Physics[5]
2019 Stevie Howell, I left nothing inside on purpose[6]
2020 Roxanna Bennett, Unmeaningable[7]

References
  1. "Local poet wins national prize". Telegraph-Journal, June 12, 2014.
  2. "A.F. Moritz, Gillian Savigny honoured by league". National Post, June 15, 2013.
  3. "Poet talks age, animals, place; Crozier reflects on national awards, 'mini novels'". Vancouver Sun, August 20, 2016.
  4. "Poet's powerful work on her past wins major prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, November 16, 2017.
  5. "The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards". Quill & Quire, June 18, 2018.
  6. "Tess Liem, Stevie Howell win 2019 Book Awards for poetry". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.
  7. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.
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