Gerald Lampert Award

The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets[?]. It goes 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 honourarium of $1000.

Winners:

• 1981 Elizabeth Allan[?], The Shored Up House
• 1982 Abraham Boyarsky[?], Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
• 1983 Diana Hartog[?], Manitee 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

See also: Pat Lowther Award