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
Winner
Jennifer Houle
Virga
Signature Editions
Other Finalists
Lucas Crawford
Belated Bris of the Brainsick
Nightwood Editions
Mathew Gwathmey
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Brick Books
2018 Awards
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
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