Pat Lowther Award

For other uses, see Lowther (disambiguation).

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
• 2009 - Alice Major, The Office Tower Tales
• 2010 - Karen Solie, Pigeon
• 2011 - Evelyn Lau, Living Under Plastic

See also

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

External links

• League of Canadian Poets