2024 Finalists
Canadian Finalists
George McWhirter, Canada/Northern Ireland
Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Shortlisted
translated from the Spanish written by
Homero Aridjis, Mexico
New Directions Publishing,
USA
Emilie Moorhouse, Canada
Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour
translated from the French written by
Joyce Mansour, France
City Lights Publishers,
USA
2023 Finalists
Canadian Finalists
Manolis Aligizakis, Canada
Tasos Livaditis – Poems, Volume II
translated from the Greek written by
Tasos Livaditis, Greece
Libros Libertad,
Canada
Robyn Creswell, USA
The Threshold Shortlisted
translated from the Arabic written by
Iman Mersal, Egypt/Canada
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
USA
2022
Canadian Shortlist
2021
Canadian Shortlist
2020
Canadian Shortlist
2019
Canadian Shortlist
2018
Canadian Shortlist
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Canada (Driftpile Cree Nation)
This Wound Is a World Canadian Winner
Frontenac House,
Canada
2017
Canadian Shortlist
2016
Canadian Shortlist
Per Brask and
Patrick Friesen, Canada
Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments
translated from the Danish written by
Ulrikka S. Gernes, Denmark
Brick Books,
Canada
Liz Howard, Canada
Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent Canadian Winner
McClelland & Stewart,
Canada
2015
Canadian Shortlist
2014
Canadian Shortlist
2013
Canadian Shortlist
2012
Canadian Shortlist
2011
Canadian Shortlist
2010
Canadian Shortlist
2009
Canadian Shortlist
2008
Canadian Shortlist
Robin Blaser, USA
Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser Canadian Winner
University of California Press,
USA
Robert Majzels and
Erín Moure, Canada
Notebook of Roses and Civilization
translated from the French written by
Nicole Brossard, Canada
Coach House Books,
Canada
2007
Canadian Shortlist
2006
Canadian Shortlist
2005
Canadian Shortlist
Roo Borson, Canada
A Short Journey Upriver Towards Oishida Canadian Winner
McClelland & Stewart,
Canada
2004
Canadian Shortlist
2003
Canadian Shortlist
2002
Canadian Shortlist
Erín Moure, Canada
Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person
translated from the original written by
Alberto Caeiro, Portugal
and
Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
House of Anansi,
Canada
2001
Canadian Shortlist
