April 5, 2010. April is Poetry Month in Canada and to celebrate The League of Canadian Poets released the shortlist for the 2010 Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards. These awards recognize a book of poetry written by a Canadian female published in the preceding year and the best book of poetry published by a Canadian in the preceding year, respectively.

We offer our congratulations to our publishers and their poets who made the shortlists:

2010 Pat Lowther Award Shortlist:

Elizabeth Bachinsky for God of Missed Connections (Nightwood Editions)

Ronna Bloom for Permiso (Pedlar Press)

Sina Queyras for Expressway (Coach House Books)

Damian Rogers for Paper Radio (ECW Press)

Laisha Rosnau for Lousy Explorers (Nightwood Editions)

2010 Gerald Lampert Award Shortlist:

Kate Hall for The Certainty Dream (Coach House Books)

Marcus McCann for Soft Where (Chaudiere Books)

Soraya Mariam Peerbaye for Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (Goose Lane Editions)

Marguerite Pigeon for Inventory (Anvil Press)

Robert Earl Stewart for Something Burned Along the Southern Border (Mansfield Press)

The winners will be announced during the annual LCP Poetry Fest and Conference in June.