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]
2021 Ian Williams, Word Problems[8]

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.
  8. Charlie Smith, "Vancouver poet Jillian Christmas and UBC creative writing professor Ian Williams win national awards". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2021.


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