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
Recipients
See also
- Canadian poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
References
External links
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Archived 2017-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, official website
- BC Book Prizes Web site
