The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. It goes to the best volume of poetry published by a first time poet. It is presented in honour of poetry promoter Gerald Lampert. Each winner receives an honorarium of $1000.
Winners:
- 1981 Elizabeth Allan, The Shored Up House
- 1982 Abraham Boyarsky, Schielber and Edna Alford, A Sleep Full of Dreams
- 1983 Diana Hartog, Matinee Light
- 1984 Sandra Birdsell, Night Travellers and Jean McKay, Gone to Grass
- 1985 Paulette Jiles, Celestial Navigation
- 1986 Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
- 1987 Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
- 1988 Di Brandt, Questions I Asked My Mother
- 1989 Sarah Klassen, Journey to Yalta
- 1990 Steven Heighton, Stalin's Carnival
- 1991 Diana Brebner, Radiant Life Forms
- 1992 Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
- 1993 Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
- 1994 Barbara Klar, The Night You Called Me a Shadow and Illya Tourtidis, Mad Magellan's Tale
- 1995 Keith Maillard, Dementia Americana
- 1996 Maureen Hynes, Rough Skin
- 1997 Marilyn Dumont, A Really Good Brown Girl
- 1998 Mark Sinnett, The Landing
- 1999 Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
- 2000 Shawna Lemay, All the God-Sized Fruit
- 2001 Anne Simpson, Light Falls Through You
