Contest
Archibald Lampman Award – previous winners
The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book of English-language poetry by an author living in the National Capital Region.
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Book | Judges |
| 2020 | Ben Ladouceur | Mad Long Emotion (Coach House Books) | Lucas Crawford, Robin Richardson, & Douglas Walbourne-Gough |
| 2019 | Jenny Haysom | Dividing the Wayside (Palimpsest Press) | Dane Swan & Gillian Sze |
| 2018 | Christine McNair | Charm (Book*hug) | Jónína Kirton, Jennifer LoveGrove, & Rob Taylor |
| 2017 | Stephen Brockwell | All of Us Reticent, Here, Together (Mansfield Press) | Adrienne Gruber, George Murray & Moez Surani |
| 2016 | Pearl Pirie | the pet radish, shrunken (Book*hug) | Liz Howard, Sachiko Murakami & Shane Book |
| 2015 | Shane Book | Congotronic (House of Anansi) | Arleen Paré, E. Alex Pierce, & David O’Meara |
| 2014 | David O’Meara | A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books) | Stan Dragland, Katherina Vermette & Adam Dickinson |
| 2013 | Nina Berkhout | Elseworlds (Seraphim Editions) | Priscila Uppal, Andris Taskans & Robin Richardson |
| 2012 | Michael Blouin | Wore Down Trust (Pedlar Press) | Christian Bök, Marilyn Bowering & Susan Musgrave |
| 2011 | Paul Tyler | A Short History of Forgetting (Gaspereau Press) | Anne Compton, Ian LeTourneau & Ross Leckie |
| 2010 | Craig Poile | True Concessions (Goose Lane Editions) | Matthew Tierney, Susan Gillis & Andrew Steeves |
| 2009 | David O’Meara | Noble Gas, Penny Black (Brick Books) | Sandy Shreve, Mark Abley & Meredith Quartermain |
| 2008 | Shane Rhodes | The Bindery (NeWest Press) | Michael de Beyer, Alison Pick & Harold Rhenisch |
| 2007 | Monty Reid | Disappointment Island (Chaudiere Books) | Stephen Guppy, Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen & Sue Sinclair |
| 2006 | Laura Farina | This Woman Alphabetical (Pedlar Press) | Sue Goyette, Ken Howe & Sue Wheeler |
| 2005 | Stephen Brockwell | Fruitfly Geographic (ECW Press) | Jeanette Lynes, matt robinson, Russell Thornton |
| 2004 | David O’Meara | The Vicinity (Brick Books) | Brian Bartlett, Stephanie Bolster & Aislinn Hunter |
| 2003 | Shane Rhodes | Holding Pattern (NeWest Press) | Tim Bowling, John Steffler & Rhea Tregebor |
| 2002 | Armand Garnet Ruffo | At Geronimo’s Grave (Coteau Books) | |
| 2001 | Colin Morton | Coastlines of the Archipelago (BuschekBooks) | |
| 2000 | Stephanie Bolster | Two Bowls of Milk (McClelland & Stewart) | |
| 1999 | John Barton | Sweet Ellipsis | |
| 1998 | Sandra Nicholls | Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones | |
| 1997 | Diana Brebner | Flora & Fauna | |
| 1996 | Gary Geddes | The Perfect Cold Warrior | |
| 1995 | John Barton | Designs from the Interior | |
| 1994 | John Newlove | Apology for Absence Selected Poems 1962-1992 |
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| 1993 | Marianne Bluger | Summer Grass | |
| 1992 | Blaine Marchand | A Garden Enclosed | |
| 1991 | George Elliot Clarke | Wylah Falls | |
| 1990 | Gary Geddes | No Easy Exit | |
| 1989 | Patrick White | Habitable Planets | |
| 1988 | John Barton | West of Darkness | |
| 1987 | Christopher Levenson | Arriving at Night | |
| 1986 | Colin Morton | This Won’t Last Forever |