The League of Canadian Poets is a national organization that supports poets and poetry in Canada. They provide resources, professional development opportunities, and community events to help poets grow in their craft.

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert, an arts administrator who organized authors’ tours and took a particular...
Deadline: 2023-11-20

Raymond Souster Award
The Raymond Souster Award honours Raymond Souster, an early founder of the League of Canadian Poets, and carries a $2000 prize, awarded annually in Ma...
Deadline: 2023-11-20

Pat Lowther Memorial Award
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is awarded memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975.  This award is i...
Deadline: 2023-11-20

Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth
The  Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth was established to foster a lifelong relationship between Canadian youth and the literary...
Deadline: 2024-04-30

Cold Moon Very Small Verse Contest
The Very Small Verse Contest invites and challenges poets to submit a poem at least six (6) words in length but no more than two hundred (200) charact...
Deadline: 2024-01-20

Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest
The Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest is an award that provides a prize for the single best poem submitted to our judges. This contest is open to all poets...
Deadline: 2024-08-10