The League of Canadian Poets has announced the shortlists for its three annual book awards. The winner of each award receives $2,000.

The Gerald Lampert Award honours debut books of poetry, while the Pat Lowther Memorial Award honours poetry collections by women. The Raymond Souster Award honours the best new books of poetry by league members. Each shortlist was chosen by a different three-poet jury.

The shortlists were chosen from the longlists announced last week. The winners will be announced on May 1.

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

• Wires That Sputter by Britta Badour (McClelland & Stewart)
• The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird (House of Anansi Press)
• Chores by Maggie Burton (Breakwater Books Ltd.)
• Xanax Cowboy by Hannah Green (House of Anansi Press)
• Archipelago by Laila Malik (Book*hug Press)
• More Sure by A. Light Zachary (Arsenal Pulp Press)

Pat Lowther Memorial Award

• Wires That Sputter by Britta Badour (McClelland & Stewart)
• the natural hustle by Eva H.D. (McClelland & Stewart)
• Archipelago by Laila Malik (Book*hug Press)
• Vixen by Sandra Ridley (Book*hug Press)
• Selvage by Kate Siklosi (Invisible Publishing)
• Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom (Penguin Canada)

Raymond Souster Award

• Uncomfortability by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press)
• The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird (House of Anansi Press)
• Bottom Rail on Top by D.M. Bradford (Brick Books)
• Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpân by Wanda John-Kehewin (Talonbooks)
• Slows: Twice by T. Liem (Coach House Books)
• Sonnets from a Cell by Bradley Peters (Brick Books)