Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

An annual award for the best collection of poetry by a BC resident.
Winner announced in April.

Official website of the BC Book Prizes

Winners

Click on a link to check location and availability at GVPL.

2012 - crawlspace by John Pass.

2011 - On the Material by Stephen Collis.

2010 - Is a Door by Fred Wah.

2009 - The Given by Daphne Marlatt.

2008 - Forage by Rita Wong.

2007 - Strike/Slip by Don McKay.

2006 - Vancouver Walking by Meredith Quartermain.

2005 - Robinson's Crossing by Jan Zwicky.

2004 - Taking the Names Down from the Hill by Philip Kevin Paul.

2003 - peter among th towring boxes by bill bissett.

2002 - Short Haul Engine by Karen Solie.

2001 - Another Gravity by Don McKay.

2000 - What the Living Won't Let Go by Lorna Crozier.

1999 - How I Joined Humanity at Last by David Zieroth.

1998 - What I Remember from My Time on Earth by Patricia Young.

1997 - The Unhinging of Wings by Margo Button.

1996 - Too Spare, Too Fierce by Patrick Lane.

1995 - Hard Candy by Linda Rogers.

1994 - The Gathering: Stones for the Medicine Wheel by Gregory Scofield.

1993 - inkorreck thoughts by bill bissett.

1992 - Pulplog by Barry McKinnon.

1991 - Down There by Jeff Derkson.

1990 - Suitcase by Victoria Walker.

1989 - Circling North by Charles Lillard.

1988 - All I Ever Needed was a Beautiful Room by Patricia Young.

1987 - Candy from Strangers by Diana Hartog.

1986 - Poetry Hotel by Joe Rosenblatt.