The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry

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2025

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

Winner

shortlisted

No One Knows Us There (Book*hug Press) by  Jessica Bebenek
Post-Mortem of the Event (Palimpsest Press) by  Klara du Plessis
Gone Gone (Duke University Press) by  Todd Meyers
UNMET (Biblioasis) by  stephanie roberts

Jury

Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Carolyne Van Der Meer
Matthew James Weigel

2024

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

Winner

National Animal (Véhicule Press/Signal Editions) by  Derek Webster

shortlisted

Bottom Rail on Top (Brick Books) by  D.M. Bradford
Tidal (Pine Row Press) by  Mary Dean Lee
Listening in Many Publics (Invisible Publishing) by  Jay Ritchie

Jury

Joanne Arnott
Ross Leckie
Nisha Patel

2023

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

Winner

Wet Dream (Brick Books) by  Erin Robinsong

shortlisted

Dream Rooms (Book*hug Press) by  River Halen
Slows: Twice (Coach House Books) by  T. Liem

Jury

Jason Purcell
Rohan Quinby
Sennah Yee

2022

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

Winner

shortlisted

Horrible Dance (Brick Books) by  Avery Lake
Emanations (Wolsak & Wynn Publishers) by  Prathna Lor
Quiet Night Think (ECW Press) by  Gillian Sze

Jury

Jordan Abel
Susan Gillis
Zoe Imani Sharpe

2021


Winner

I Am the Big Heart (Brick Books) by  Sarah Venart

shortlisted

Because the Sun (Coach House Books) by  Sarah Burgoyne
Hell Light Flesh (Palimpsest Press) by  Klara du Plessis
The Fool (Goose Lane Editions) by  Jessie Jones

Jury

Gloria Macher
Nolan Natasha
Michael Prior

2020


Winner

A Common Name for Everything (Green Writers Press) by  Sarah Wolfson

shortlisted

Eight Track (Talonbooks) by  Oana Avasilichioaei
POP (Coach House Books) by  Simina Banu
The Headless Man (Anvil Press) by  Peter Dubé
rushes from the river disappointment (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by  stephanie roberts

Jury

Katia Grubisic
Ben Ladouceur
Hoa Nguyen

2019


Winner

Obits. (Coach House Books) by  Tess Liem

shortlisted

Magnetic Equator (McClelland & Stewart) by  Kaie Kellough

Jury

Amber Dawn
Ehab Lotayef
Catriona Wright

2018


Winner

My Ariel (Coach House Books) by  Sina Queyras

shortlisted

Museum of Kindness (Brick Books) by  Susan Elmslie
Panicle (ECW Press) by  Gillian Sze

Jury

Billy-Ray Belcourt
Julie Bruck
Virginia Konchan

2017


Winner

shortlisted

Feel Happier in Nine Seconds (Coach House Books) by  Linda Besner
The Panic Room (Nightwood Editions) by  Rebecca Papucaru

Jury

Geoffrey Cook
George Murray
Jennifer Still

2016


Winner

Small Fires (McGill-Queen's University Press) by  Kelly Norah Drukker

shortlisted

Saint Twin (Mansfield Press) by  Sarah Burgoyne
Redrafting Winter (BuschekBooks) by  Alison Strumberger & Gillian Sze

Jury

Moe Clark
Greg Cook
Moez Surani

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