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The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize

The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize recognizes the best book of poetry published by a New Brunswick resident in a given year. Since 2016 the $500 prize has been sponsored by The Fiddlehead: Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Established in 1945, The Fiddlehead is Canada's oldest literary journal, and it pages have featured a who's who of Canadian Literature. 

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2019 Awards

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Winner

Jennifer Houle

Virga

Signature Editions

Other Finalists

Lucas Crawford 

Belated Bris of the Brainsick

Nightwood Editions

 

Mathew Gwathmey

Our Latest in Folktales

Brick Books 

2018 Awards

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Winner

Jenna Lyn Albert

Bec & Call

Nightwood Editions

Other Finalists

Herménégilde Chiasson 

(trans. Jo-Anne Elder)

To Live and Die in Scoudouc

Goose Lane Editions

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Kayla Geitzler

That Light Feeling Under Your Feet

NeWest Press

2017 Awards

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Winner

Allan Cooper

Everything We Love Comes Back to Find Us

Gaspereau Press

Other Finalists

Wayne Clifford 

Flying the Truck

New Brunswick Museum

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Kathy Mac

Human Misunderstanding

Roseway

2016 Awards

Winner

M. Travis Lane

The Witch of the Inner Wood.

Goose Lane Editions

Other Finalists

Wayne Clifford

The Exile's Papers

Porcupine's Quill

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Robert Moore

Based on Actual Events

Signal Editions

2015 Awards

Winner

M. Travis Lane

Crossover

Cormorant

Other Finalists

Phillip Crymble 

Not Even Laughter

Salmon Poetry

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Michael Pacey

Electric Affinities

Signature Editions

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