The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The award carries a $2,000 prize.
Other finalists include
Cicely Belle Blain – Burning Sugar (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020)
Jody Chan – Sick (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
Jillian Christmas – the gospel of breaking (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020)
Afua Cooper – Black Matters (Roseway Publishing, 2020)
Sadiqa de Meijer – The Outer Wards (Véhicule Press/Signal Poetry, 2020)
Jennifer Hosein – A Map of Rain Days (Guernica Editions, 2020)
Kyla Jamieson – Body Count (Nightwood Editions, 2020)
shalan joudry – Waking Ground (Gaspereau Press, 2020)
Evelyn Lau – Pineapple Express (Anvil Press, 2020)
Canisia Lubrin – The Dyzgraphxst (McClelland & Stewart, 2020)
Noor Naga – Washes, Prays (McClelland & Stewart, 2020)
Pearl Pirie – footlights (Radiant Press, 2020)
Thanks to the jurors for the 2021 Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Puneet Dutt, Doyali Islam and Cassidy McFadzean
https://poets.ca/awards/lowther/