List of poetry awards - Definition

This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work.

Canada

• Griffin Poetry Prize a lucrative award for one Canadian and one foreign poet.
• Pat Lowther Award for the best volume of poetry
• Gerald Lampert Award for the best volume of poetry by a new author
• Governor General's Award for Poetry presented to one English language and one French language poet

United Kingdom

• Forward Prize
• Newdigate prize

United States

• Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award highly lucrative award for poet in mid career
• Kate Tufts Discovery Award to a first time poet

Isles of Myst Awards (htp://www.islesofmyst.bigstep.com/)