Raymond Souster Award

The Raymond Souster Award is a Canadian literary award, presented by the League of Canadian Poets to a book judged as the best work of poetry by a Canadian poet in the previous year.^[1]

The award was presented for the first time in 2013,^[2] and was named in honour of Canadian poet Raymond Souster.

Nominees and winners

Year	Winner	Nominated
2013	A. F. Moritz, The New Measures^[2]	John Wall Barger, Hummingbird Nancy Holmes, The Flicker tree: Okanagan Poems Mark Lavorato, Wayworn Wooden Floors Emily McGiffin, Between Dusk and Night Pamela Porter, no ordinary place
2014	Anne Compton, Alongside^[1]	Jenna Butler, Seldom Seen Road^[1] Catherine Graham, Her Red Hair Rises with the Wings of Insects^[1] Vancy Kasper, Rebel Women^[1] John Terpstra, Brilliant Falls^[1] Russell Thornton, Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Local poet wins national prize". Telegraph-Journal, June 12, 2014.
1 2 "A.F. Moritz, Gillian Savigny honoured by league". National Post, June 15, 2013.

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