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 Blue ribbon 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 Blue ribbon Anne Compton, Alongside[1]
2015 Blue ribbon Patrick Lane, Washita
2016 Blue ribbon Lorna Crozier, The Wrong Cat[3]
2017 Blue ribbon 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 Blue ribbon Karen Enns, Cloud Physics[5]
2019 Blue ribbon Stevie Howell, I left nothing inside on purpose[6]
2020 Blue ribbon Roxanna Bennett, Unmeaningable[7]
2021 Blue ribbon Ian Williams, Word Problems[8]
2022 Blue ribbon Roxanna Bennett, The Untranslatable I[9]
2023 Blue ribbon TBA May 4, 2023

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.
  9. Cassandra Drudi, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2022 awards winners". Quill & Quire, May 5, 2022.
  10. Cassandra Drudi, "Shortlists announced for 2022 League of Canadian Poets book awards". Quill & Quire, April 21, 2022.
  11. Cassandra Drudi, "League of Canadian Poets announces 2023 Book Awards shortlists". Quill & Quire, April 20, 2023.


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