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The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book of English-language poetry by an author living in the National Capital Region.
Archibald Lampman was one of Canada’s finest 19th-century poets. Born in 1861, he graduated from Trinity College (Toronto) in 1882, then moved to Ottawa where he worked for the Post Office until his death in 1899. He is known for his ability to immerse metaphysics in the details of nature, which he observed while hiking round what was then the wilderness capital of a new country. His books include Among the Millet (1888), Lyrics of Earth (1895) and the posthumous Alcyone (1900).
For the years 2007 through 2009, the Archibald Lampman Award merged with the Duncan Campbell Scott Foundation to become the Lampman-Scott Award. This partnership came to an end in 2010, and the prize returned to its former identity as the Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry.
Past Winners
Year
Book
Poet & Publication
Finalists & Judges
2022
Masses on Radar (Coach House Books)
David O’Meara Coach House Books
2021
A Different Wolf
Deborah-Anne Tunney McGill-Queen’s University Press
2020
Mad Long Emotion
Ben Ladouceur Coach House Books
2019
Dividing the Wayside
Jenny Haysom Palimpsest Press
2018
Charm
Christine McNair Book*hug
2017
All of Us Reticent, Here, Together
Stephen Brockwell Mansfield Press
Adrienne Gruber, George Murray & Moez Surani
2016
the pet radish, shrunken
Pearl Pirie Book*hug
2015
Congotronic
Shane Book House of Anansi
2014
A Pretty Sight
David O’Meara Coach House Books
Stan Dragland, Katherina Vermette & Adam Dickinson
2013
Elseworlds
Nina Berkhout Seraphim Editions
Priscila Uppal, Andris Taskans & Robin Richardson
2012
Wore Down Trust
Michael Blouin Pedlar Press
2011
A Short History of Forgetting
Paul Tyler Gaspereau Press
2010
True Concessions
Craig Poile Goose Lane Editions
2009
Noble Gas, Penny Black
David O’Meara Brick Books
Sandy Shreve, Mark Abley & Meredith Quartermain
2008
The Bindery
Shane Rhodes NeWest Press
2007
Disappointment Island
Monty Reid Chaudiere Books
Stephen Guppy, Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen & Sue Sinclair
2006
This Woman Alphabetical
Laura Farina Pedlar Press
Sue Goyette, Ken Howe & Sue Wheeler
2005
Fruitfly Geographic
Stephen Brockwell ECW Press
Jeanette Lynes, matt robinson, Russell Thornton
2004
The Vicinity
David O’Meara Brick Books
Brian Bartlett, Stephanie Bolster & Aislinn Hunter
