The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the

League of Canadian Poets The League of Canadian Poets (LCP), founded in 1966, is a national non-profit arts service organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The organization acts as the national association of professional and aspiring poets in Canada. The League co ...

to the best volume of poetry published by a first-time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter

Gerald Lampert Gerald Lampert (c. 1924 - April 29, 1978) was a Canadian writer and educator,"Gerald Lampert: Poet founded workshops". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 2, 1978. best known as the organizer of one of Canada's first annual educational workshop series for ...

. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000. In its earliest years, the award was not necessarily limited to poetry, but was presented to the year's best first book by a Canadian writer in either poetry or prose."Columnist wins award". ''

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'', April 15, 1982.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

League of Canadian Poets
{{Gerald Lampert Award Canadian poetry awards First book awards Awards established in 1981 1981 establishments in Canada English-language literary awards