Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry

Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry

Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/prix Lansdowne de poésie, established in 2007, is awarded annually to the best full length adult book of poetry in either French or English by a resident of Manitoba, Canada.

One of , the award was originally known as the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry. Late in 2007, it was renamed after the new sponsor Aqua Books, and also to reflect the bilingual nature of the award.

Winners and Nominees


=2007=

*Laurie Block, "Time out of Mind" (winner)

* Lise Gaboury-Diallo, "Poste restante: cartes poétiques du Sénégal"
* Sarah Klassen, "A Curious Beatitude"


=2008=

* Alison Calder, "Wolf Tree" (winner)
* Charles Leblanc, "heures d'ouverture"
* Christian Violy, "Exaucée "

References


* The Manitoba Writers Guild - Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de Poésie Guidelines [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/content/view/40/36/]
* Serious contenders for the Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry in 2008 [http://www.whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35869]
* Whats on Winnipeg - Aqua Books endows annual poetry prize [http://www.whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31824]
* Writers' Federation of New Brunswick literary links [http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/links.htm]
* Lansdowne Prize for Poetry 2007 Shortlist [http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/browse/category/608/]

External links

* [http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/content/view/40/91/ Manitoba Writers Guild page for this prize]
* [http://www.aquabooks.ca/lansdowne.php Aqua Books page for this prize]

ee also

*Canadian poetry
*List of poetry awards
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature


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