Pat Lowther Award

Pat Lowther Award

The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. It is presented in honour of poet Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.

Winners

*1981 - M. Travis Lane, "Divinations and Short Poems 1973-1978"
*1982 - Rona Murray, "Journey"
*1983 - Rhea Tregebov, "Remembering History"
*1984 - Bronwen Wallace, "Signs of the Former Tenant"
*1985 - Paulette Jiles, "Celestial Navigation"
*1986 - Erin Mouré, "Domestic Fuel"
*1987 - Heather Spears, "How to Read Faces"
*1988 - Gwendolyn MacEwen, "Afterworlds"
*1989 - Heather Spears, "The Word for Sand"
*1990 - Patricia Young, "The Mad and Beautiful Mothers"
*1991 - Karen Connelly, "The Small Words in My Body"
*1992 - Kate Braid, "Covering Rough Ground"
*1993 - Lorna Crozier, "Inventing the Hawk"
*1994 - Diana Brebner, "The Golden Lotus"
*1995 - Beth Goobie, "Scars of Light"
*1996 - Lorna Crozier, "Everything Arrives at the Light"
*1997 - Marilyn Bowering, "Autobiography"
*1998 - Barbara Nickel, "The Gladys Elegies"
*1999 - Hilary Clark, "More Light"
*2000 - Esta Spalding, "Lost August"
*2001 - Sharon Thesen, "A Pair of Scissors"
*2002 - Heather Spears, "Required Reading: A Witness in Words and Drawings to the Reena Virk Trials 1998-2000"
*2003 - Dionne Brand, "Thirsty"
*2004 - Betsy Struthers, "Still"
*2005 - Roo Borson, "Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida"
*2006 - Sylvia Legris, "Nerve Squall"
*2007 - Sina Queyras, "Lemon Hound"
*2008 - Anne Simpson, "Quick"

ee also

*Canadian poetry
*List of poetry awards
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature
*Gerald Lampert Award

External links

* [http://www.poets.ca League of Canadian Poets official Web site]


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