2022
| Winner | Masses on Radar (Coach House Books) | David O’Meara | |
| Judges | Bertrand Bickersteth, Peter Norman, & Isabella Wang |
2021
| Winner | A Different Wolf (McGill-Queen’s University Press) | Deborah-Anne Tunney | |
| Judges | Mike Chaulk, Rasiqra Revulva, & Jane Munro |
2020
| Winner | Mad Long Emotion (Coach House Books) | Ben Ladouceur | |
| Judges | Lucas Crawford, Robin Richardson, & Douglas Walbourne-Gough |
2019
| Winner | Dividing the Wayside (Palimpsest Press) | Jenny Haysom | |
| Judges | Dane Swan & Gillian Sze |
2018
| Winner | Charm (Book*hug) | Christine McNair | |
| Judges | Jónína Kirton, Jennifer LoveGrove, & Rob Taylor |
2017
| Winner | All of Us Reticent, Here, Together (Mansfield Press) | Stephen Brockwell | |
| Judges | Adrienne Gruber, George Murray & Moez Surani |
2016
| Winner | the pet radish, shrunken (Book*hug) | Pearl Pirie | |
| Judges | Liz Howard, Sachiko Murakami & Shane Book |
2015
| Winner | Congotronic (House of Anansi) | Shane Book | |
| Judges | Arleen Paré, E. Alex Pierce, & David O’Meara |
2014
| Winner | A Pretty Sight (Coach House Books) | David O’Meara | |
| Judges | Stan Dragland, Katherina Vermette & Adam Dickinson |
2013
| Winner | Elseworlds (Seraphim Editions) | Nina Berkhout | |
| Judges | Priscila Uppal, Andris Taskans & Robin Richardson |
2012
| Winner | Wore Down Trust (Pedlar Press) | Michael Blouin | |
| Judges | Christian Bök, Marilyn Bowering & Susan Musgrave |
2011
| Winner | A Short History of Forgetting (Gaspereau Press) | Paul Tyler | |
| Judges | Anne Compton, Ian LeTourneau & Ross Leckie |
2010
| Winner | True Concessions (Goose Lane Editions) | Craig Poile | |
| Judges | Matthew Tierney, Susan Gillis & Andrew Steeves |
2009
| Winner | Noble Gas, Penny Black (Brick Books) | David O’Meara | |
| Judges | Sandy Shreve, Mark Abley & Meredith Quartermain |
2008
| Winner | The Bindery (NeWest Press) | Shane Rhodes | |
| Judges | Michael de Beyer, Alison Pick & Harold Rhenisch |
2007
| Winner | Disappointment Island (Chaudiere Books) | Monty Reid | |
| Judges | Stephen Guppy, Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen & Sue Sinclair |
2006
| Winner | This Woman Alphabetical (Pedlar Press) | Laura Farina | |
| Judges | Sue Goyette, Ken Howe & Sue Wheeler |
2005
| Winner | Fruitfly Geographic (ECW Press) | Stephen Brockwell | |
| Judges | Jeanette Lynes, matt robinson, Russell Thornton |
2004
| Winner | The Vicinity (Brick Books) | David O’Meara | |
| Judges | Brian Bartlett, Stephanie Bolster & Aislinn Hunter |
2003
| Winner | Holding Pattern (NeWest Press) | Shane Rhodes | |
| Judges | Tim Bowling, John Steffler & Rhea Tregebor |
2002
| Winner | At Geronimo’s Grave (Coteau Books) | Armand Garnet Ruffo |
2001
| Winner | Coastlines of the Archipelago (BuschekBooks) | Colin Morton |
2000
| Winner | Two Bowls of Milk (McClelland & Stewart) | Stephanie Bolster |
1999
| Winner | Sweet Ellipsis | John Barton |
1998
| Winner | Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones | Sandra Nicholls |
1997
| Winner | Flora & Fauna | Diana Brebner |
1996
| Winner | The Perfect Cold Warrior | Gary Geddes |
1995
| Winner | Designs from the Interior | John Barton |
1994
| Winner | Apology for Absence Selected Poems 1962-1992 | John Newlove |
1993
| Winner | Summer Grass | Marianne Bluger |
1992
| Winner | A Garden Enclosed | Blaine Marchand |
1991
| Winner | Wylah Falls | George Elliot Clarke |
1990
| Winner | No Easy Exit | Gary Geddes |
1989
| Winner | Habitable Planets | Patrick White |
1988
| Winner | West of Darkness | John Barton |
1987
| Winner | Arriving at Night | Christopher Levenson |
1986
| Winner | This Won’t Last Forever | Colin Morton |