2025
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The Book of Records
(Knopf Canada)
shortlisted
The Reeds
(ECW Press)
Cannon
(Drawn & Quarterly)
My Thievery of the People
(Baraka Books)
Valentine in Montreal
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Jury
Carmella Grey-Cosgrove
Linda Morra
William Ping
2024
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Little Crosses
(House of Anansi Press)
shortlisted
Monday Rent Boy
(Random House Canada)
Arrested Song
(Legend Press)
The Capital of Dreams
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
(Book*hug Press)
Jury
Daniel Allen Cox
Wendy McLellan
Anuja Varghese
2023
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Fayne
(Knopf Canada)
shortlisted
Full Fadom Five
(Baraka Books)
Do You Remember Being Born?
(Random House Canada)
The Gathering
(Equinox Publishing)
Catinat Boulevard
(Guernica Editions)
Jury
Joe Ollmann
Chanel Sutherland
Timothy Taylor
2022
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Prophetess
(Véhicule Press)
shortlisted
A Convergence of Solitudes
(Book*hug Press)
Stray Dogs
(Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Jones
(Random House Canada)
Jury
Michelle Butler Hallett
Chelene Knight
Alejandro Saravia
2021
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Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
(Bellevue Literary Press)
shortlisted
Songs for the End of the World
(McClelland & Stewart)
We, Jane
(Book*hug Press)
Undersong
(Knopf Canada)
Jury
Heather Jessup
Ameen Merchant
Denis Sampson
2020
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Dominoes at the Crossroads
(Véhicule Press/Esplanade Book)
shortlisted
Home Game
(Signature Editions)
The Wagers
(Random House Canada)
Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams
(Palimpsest Press)
Jury
Douglas Babington
Amanda Leduc
Peter Behrens
2019
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The Teardown
(Véhicule Press)
shortlisted
Churchill at Munich
(The Métropolitan Press)
A Joy To Be Hidden
(Linda Leith Publishing)
I’ll Never Tell
(Simon & Schuster Canada)
Jury
Tom Abray
Mark Frutkin
Zsuzsi Gartner
2018
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Demi-Gods
(Hamish Hamilton Canada)
shortlisted
Zolitude
(Biblioasis)
Beirut Hellfire Society
(Knopf Canada)
Jury
Alix Hawley (Kelowna)
Jeanette Kelly (Montreal)
Corey Redekop (Fredericton)
2017
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel
(HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
shortlisted
Behold Things Beautiful
(Signature Editions)
Lost In September
(Penguin Random House Canada)
Jury
Peggy Herring
La Florya Gauthier
Vish Khanna
2016
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The Measure of Darkness
(Bellevue Literary Press)
shortlisted
The Poet is a Radio
(Linda Leith Publishing)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
(Knopf Canada)
Rich and Poor
(BookThug)
Jury
Paul Bracegirdle
Lee Kvern
Audrey Thomas
