The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual 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 year's best book of
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
by a Canadian woman.
["Pat Lowther Memorial Award"]
''The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Available f ...
'', March 13, 2012. The award was established in 1980 to honour poet
Pat Lowther, who was murdered by her husband in 1975.
[ Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.][
]
Winners and nominees
See also
* Canadian poetry
* List of literary awards honoring women
This list of media awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women.
The list includes general, literary and music awards for women.
It excludes List of awards for actresses, awards for actresses, including List o ...
* List of poetry awards
Major international awards
* Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
* Bridges of Struga (for a debuting author at Struga Poetry Evenings)
* Griffin Poetry Prize (The international prize)
* International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medi ...
* List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
21st century in poetry
2020s
* 2023 in poetry
* 20 ...
*List of years in literature
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*Gerald Lampert Award The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is made annually by the League of Canadian Poets 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) w ...
References
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External links
League of Canadian Poets
Canadian poetry awards
Literary awards honoring women
Awards established in 1980
1980 establishments in Canada