Gerald Lampert Award
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The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.
[edit] Winners
- 1981 - Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House
- 1982 - Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
- 1983 - Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
- 1984 - Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers and Jean McKay, Gone to Grass
- 1985 - Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
- 1986 - Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
- 1987 - Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
- 1988 - Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
- 1989 - Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta
- 1990 - Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival
- 1991 - Diana Brebner, Radiant Life Forms
- 1992 - Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
- 1993 - Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
- 1994 - Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow and Illya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan's Tale
- 1995 - Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
- 1996 - Maureen Hynes, Rough Skin
- 1997 - Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl
- 1998 - Mark Sinnett, The Landing
- 1999 - Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
- 2000 - Shawna Lemay, All the God-Sized Fruit
- 2001 - Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
- 2002 - Aislinn Hunter, Into the Early Hours
- 2003 - Kathy Mac, Nail Hunters Plan for Strength and Growth
- 2004 - Adam Getty, RECONCILIaTION
- 2005 - Ray Hsu, Anthropy
- 2006 - Suzanne Buffam, Past Imperfect
- 2007 - Steven Price, Anatomy of Keys
- 2008 - Alex Boyd, Making Bones Walk
