Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

Canadian literary award

The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B. C. Prize for Poetry. In 1989, it was renamed after poet Dorothy Livesay, whose Day and Night (1944) and Poems for People (1947) received the Governor General's Award for Poetry

+Prize winners and finalists Year Author Title Result Ref.1986Poetry HotelWinnerLetters for Some IslandsShortlistShortlist1987Candy from StrangersWinnerShortlistShortlist1988All I Ever Needed was a Beautiful RoomWinnerEight PoemsShortlist Shortlist1989Circling NorthWinnerDancing StarShortlistwhat we haveShortlist1990SuitcaseWinnerShortlistShortlist1991Down TimeWinnerHard 2 beleevShortlistHanging FireShortlist1992PulplogWinnerShortlistCompany TownShortlist1993Inkorrect ThotsWinnerHow Do You Feel?ShortlistPolite to Bees: A BestiaryShortlist1994WinnerPoems New and SelectedShortlistGhost in the GearsShortlist1995Hard CandyWinnerEd and Mabel Go to the MoonShortlistMêmewarsShortlist1996Too Spare, Too FierceWinnerTo this Cedar FountainShortlistShortlist1997WinnerAutobiographyShortlistSeeing in the DarkShortlist1998What I Remember from My Time on EarthWinnerIvanhoe StationShortlistHeaven CakeShortlist1999How I Joined Humanity at LastWinnerSt. Mary at MainShortlistSongs for Relinquishing the EarthShortlist2000What the Living Won't Let GoWinner49th Parallel PsalmShortlist Things That Keep and Do Not ChangeShortlistLove and Other Things That HurtShortlistShortlist2001Another GravityWinnerHis LifeShortlistShortlistWater StairShortlistSlow Moving TargetShortlist2002Short Haul EngineWinnerUnderstanding HeavenShortlistInto the Early HoursShortlistThis Tremor Love IsShortlistShortlist2003peter among th towring boxes / text bitesWinnerGround WaterShortlistShamelessShortlistShortlistMy Father's CupShortlist2004Taking the Names Down from the HillWinnerShortlistUrsa MajorShortlistShortlistHouse Built of RainShortlist2005Robinson's CrossingWinnerShortlistShortlistGo LeavingShortlistShortlist2006Vancouver WalkingWinnerAnarchiveShortlistSiltShortlistAnything But the MoonShortlistThirty seven Small Songs & Thirteen SilencesShortlist2007Strike / SlipWinnerBackup to BabylonShortlistAnatomy of KeysShortlistShortlistMoving DayShortlist2008ForageWinnerShortlistPaper TrailShortlistOxShortlistSoft GeographyShortlist2009WinnerWater StriderShortlistChameleon HoursShortlistShirin and Salt ManShortlistVancouver: A PoemShortlist2010Is a DoorWinner Red NestShortlistAutomaton BiographiesShortlistHarbourShortlistShortlist2011On the MaterialWinnerDecompositionsShortlistMy Darling Nellie GreyShortlistShortlistDemeter Goes SkydivingShortlistShortlistIKMQShortlistShortlistWoodShortlistDreamland TheatreShortlistSchoolShortlistTwoismShortlistWhere the words end and my body beginsShortlistShortlistForeign ParkShortlist2017If I Were in a Cage I’d Reach Out for YouWinner100 DaysShortlistpoemwShortlistShortlistSleeping in Tall GrassShortlist2018Prison Industrial Complex ExplodesWinnerFrequent, small loads of laundryShortlistShortlistQuarrelsShortlistPort of BeingShortlist and Rita Wongbeholden, a poem as long as the riverShortlistShortlist2020How She ReadWinnerHymnswitchShortlistDunk TankShortlistShortlisteat salt | gaze at the oceanShortlistAntonyms for DaughterShortlistblue gaitShortlistShortlistHARROWINGSShortlistEach One a Furnace ShortlistTest Piece Shortlist