2023 submissions closed
Sponsored by Byron Rempel
The 2023 lists of book submissions have been published. The shortlist will be announced in October.
See all submissions2022
Sponsored by Byron RempelWinner
Dream of No One But Myself
(Brick Books)
shortlisted
Horrible Dance
(Brick Books)
Emanations
(Wolsak & Wynn Publishers)
Quiet Night Think
(ECW Press)
Jury
Jordan Abel
Susan Gillis
Zoe Imani Sharpe
2021
Winner
I Am the Big Heart
(Brick Books)
shortlisted
Because the Sun
(Coach House Books)
Hell Light Flesh
(Palimpsest Press)
The Fool
(Goose Lane Editions)
Jury
Gloria Macher
Nolan Natasha
Michael Prior
2020
Winner
A Common Name for Everything
(Green Writers Press)
shortlisted
Eight Track
(Talonbooks)
POP
(Coach House Books)
The Headless Man
(Anvil Press)
rushes from the river disappointment
(McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Jury
Katia Grubisic
Ben Ladouceur
Hoa Nguyen
2019
Winner
Obits.
(Coach House Books)
Jury
Amber Dawn
Ehab Lotayef
Catriona Wright
2018
Winner
My Ariel
(Coach House Books)
Jury
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Julie Bruck
Virginia Konchan
2017
Winner
Rag Cosmology
(BookThug)
shortlisted
Feel Happier in Nine Seconds
(Coach House Books)
The Panic Room
(Nightwood Editions)
Jury
Geoffrey Cook
George Murray
Jennifer Still
2016
Winner
Small Fires
(McGill-Queen's University Press)
shortlisted
Saint Twin
(Mansfield Press)
Redrafting Winter
(BuschekBooks)
Jury
Moe Clark
Greg Cook
Moez Surani
2015
Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother RobertWinner
Asbestos Heights
(Coach House Books)
shortlisted
Hyena Subpoena
(Wired on Words/Popolo Press)
Kapusta
(House of Anansi Press)
Jury
Darren Bifford
Christian Bok
Sonnet L’Abbé
2014
Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother RobertWinner
M x T
(Coach House Books)
shortlisted
Here In There
(BookThug)
Needs Improvement
(Coach House Books)
Peeling Rambutan
(Gaspereau Press)
Jury
Sue Elmslie
Sue Goyette
Daniel Zomparelli
2013
Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother RobertWinner
The Civic-Mindedness of Trees
(Wolsak and Wynn Publishers)
shortlisted
The Sunrise Liturgy: A Poem Sequence
(Wipf and Stock Publishers)
Conjure
(Rebel Satori Press)
Jury
Mary Dalton
Susan Gillis
Mark Tredinnick
