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{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
This is a list of recipients and nominees of the '''[[Governor General's Awards]] award for English-language poetry'''. The award was created in 1981 when the [[Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama]] was divided.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309042138/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/governor-generals-literary-awards Governor General's Literary Awards] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]].</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
===1980s===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1981 Governor General's Awards|1981]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[F. R. Scott]]''' 
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott'''''
| rowspan=3| <ref>William French, "Gallant's collection of short stories takes fiction prize". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 18, 1982.</ref>
|-
| [[Alfred Bailey (poet)|Alfred Bailey]]
| ''Miramichi Lightning: Collected Poems''
|- 
| [[Barry McKinnon]]
| ''The The''
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1982 Governor General's Awards|1982]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Phyllis Webb]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Vision Tree: Selected Poems'''''
| <ref>"Webb and Gray among winners". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 9, 1983.</ref>
|-
| [[Robert Bringhurst]]
| ''The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-1982''
| rowspan=3| <ref>"B.C. authors considered for awards". ''[[The Province]]'', May 26, 1983.</ref>
|-  
| [[Barry Dempster]]
| ''Fables for Isolated Men''
|-
| [[Diane Keating]]
| ''No Birds or Flowers''
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1983 Governor General's Awards|1983]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[David Donnell]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Settlements'''''
| <ref>"CanLit fiction's leading award goes to the Dog". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 21, 1984.</ref>
|-
| [[Christopher Dewdney]]
| ''Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82''   
| rowspan=3| <ref>"Governor General's finalists announced". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', May 25, 1984.</ref>
|-
| [[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]]
| ''Birding, or Desire'' 
|-
| [[Anne Szumigalski]] 
| ''Doctrine of Signatures''
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1984 Governor General's Awards|1984]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Paulette Jiles]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Celestial Navigation'''''
| <ref>Rod Currie, "Former Kingstonian Judith Thompson wins Governor General's Award". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', June 7, 1985.</ref>
|-
| [[Roo Borson]]
| ''The Whole Night, Coming Home'' 
| rowspan=5| <ref>James Adams, "Local writers nominated for award". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', May 16, 1985.</ref>
|-
| [[Marilyn Bowering]]
| ''The Sunday Before Winter'' 
|-
| [[David McFadden (poet)|David McFadden]]
| ''The Art of Darkness'' 
|-
| [[Sharon Thesen]]
| ''Confabulations'' 
|- 
| [[Peter van Toorn]]
| ''Mountain Tea''
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1985 Governor General's Awards|1985]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Fred Wah]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Waiting for Saskatchewan'''''
| <ref>"Margaret Atwood lifts second Governor General's award". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', June 4, 1986.</ref>
|-
| [[Lorna Crozier]]
| ''The Garden Going on Without Us'' 
| rowspan=3| <ref>"Literary prize nominees named". ''[[Red Deer Advocate]]'', May 13, 1986.</ref>
|-
| [[Richard Lush (writer)|Richard Lush]]
| ''A Manual for Lying Down'' 
|-
| [[Anne Szumigalski]]
| ''Instar''
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1986 Governor General's Awards|1986]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Al Purdy]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Collected Poems of Al Purdy'''''
| <ref>Lisa Rochon, "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction: Munro wins top literary prize". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 28, 1987.</ref>
|-
| [[Christopher Dewdney]]
| ''The Immaculate Perception'' 
| rowspan=2| <ref>"Awards finalists announced". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 1, 1987.</ref>
|-
| [[John Newlove (poet)|John Newlove]]
| ''The Night the Dog Smiled''
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1987 Governor General's Awards|1987]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Gwendolyn MacEwen]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Afterworlds'''''
| <ref>"Literary awards held at Calgary festival". ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]'', February 13, 1988.</ref>
|-
| [[Di Brandt]]
| ''Questions I Asked My Mother'' 
| rowspan=3| <ref>"Victoria's Gurr, Page nominated for book awards". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', January 13, 1988.</ref>
|-
| [[Roy Kiyooka]]
| ''Pear Tree Pomes'' 
|- 
| [[Sharon Thesen]]
| ''The Beginning of the Long Dash''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1988 Governor General's Awards|1988]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Erín Moure]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Furious'''''
| <ref>"New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 4, 1989.</ref>
|-
| [[Lorna Crozier]]
| ''Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence'' 
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 1, 1989.</ref>
|-
| [[Christopher Dewdney]]
| ''Radiant Inventory'' 
|-
| [[David McFadden (poet)|David McFadden]]
| ''Gypsy Guitar'' 
|-
| [[Peter Dale Scott]]
| ''Coming to Jakarta''
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1989 Governor General's Awards|1989]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Heather Spears]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Word for Sand'''''
| <ref>"Governor General's awards announced". ''[[North Bay Nugget]]'', March 10, 1990.</ref>
|-
| [[Tim Lilburn]]
| ''Tourist to Ecstasy''
| rowspan=2| <ref>"Three B.C. writers in running for awards". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', February 7, 1990.</ref>
|-
| [[Stephen Scobie]]
| ''Dunino''
|}

===1990s===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1990 Governor General's Awards|1990]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Margaret Avison]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''No Time'''''
| <ref>Philip Marchand, "Toronto's Nino Ricci wins top book prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 23, 1991.</ref>
|-
| [[Dionne Brand]]
| ''No Language Is Neutral'' 
| rowspan=2| <ref>"Prominent names among nominees". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', November 17, 1990.</ref>
|-
| [[Patrick Lane (poet)|Patrick Lane]]
| ''Winter''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1991 Governor General's Awards|1991]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Night Field'''''
| <ref>"First novel earns top literary honor". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', December 4, 1991.</ref>
|-
| [[Don Domanski]] 
| ''Wolf-Ladder''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Atwood leads G-G Award nominees". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', November 9, 1991.</ref>
|-
| [[Judith Fitzgerald]]
| ''Rapturous Chronicles'' 
|-
| [[Patrick Lane (poet)|Patrick Lane]] 
| ''Mortal Remains''
|-
| [[Anne Michaels]]
| ''Miner's Pond''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1992 Governor General's Awards|1992]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Lorna Crozier]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Inventing the Hawk'''''
| <ref>Mark Abley, "Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', December 2, 1992.</ref>
|-
| [[Evelyn Lau]]
| ''Oedipal Dreams'' 
| rowspan=4| <ref>Jamie Portman, "Three from Ottawa area among finalists". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', November 6, 1992.</ref>
|-
| [[Laura Lush]]
| ''Hometown'' 
|-
| [[Steve McCaffery]]
| ''Theory of Sediment'' 
|-
| [[Kathleen McCracken]]
| ''Blue Light, Bay and College''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1993 Governor General's Awards|1993]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Don Coles]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Forests of the Medieval World'''''
| <ref>"This time, Stone Diaries on top: Governor General's award atones for loss in Booker". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', November 17, 1993.</ref>
|-
| [[Claire Harris (poet)|Claire Harris]]
| ''Drawing Down a Daughter'' 
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Shields in running for Governor General Award; Nomination comes just after Booker Prize loss". ''[[Halifax Daily News]]'', October 29, 1993.</ref>
|-
| [[Monty Reid]]
| ''Crawlspace: New and Selected Poems'' 
|-
| [[Douglas Burnet Smith]]
| ''Voices from a Farther Room'' 
|-
| [[Patricia Young]]
| ''More Watery Still''
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1994 Governor General's Awards|1994]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Robert Hilles]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Cantos from a Small Room'''''
| <ref>Philip Marchand, "History novel wins top prize Rudy Wiebe's A Discovery Of Strangers picked over Atwood and Munro". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 16, 1994.</ref>
|-
| [[Robin Blaser]]
| ''The Holy Forest''
| rowspan=3| <ref>Conway Daly, "Munro, Atwood lead familiar names in race for Governor General's award". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', October 28, 1994.</ref>
|-
| [[Polly Fleck]]
| ''The Chinese Execution''
|-
| [[Monty Reid]]
| ''Dog Sleeps''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1995 Governor General's Awards|1995]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Anne Szumigalski]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Voice'''''
| <ref>"Writer's Roaring success: Greg Hollingshead wins Governor-General's Award for fiction". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', November 15, 1995.</ref>
|-
| [[Roo Borson]]
| ''Night Walk''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"68 finalists for literary awards". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', October 27, 1995.</ref>
|-
| [[Di Brandt]]
| ''Jerusalem, Beloved'' 
|-
| [[Don Domanski]]
| ''Stations of the Left Hand'' 
|-
| [[Steven Heighton]]
| ''The Ecstasy of Skeptics''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1996 Governor General's Awards|1996]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[E. D. Blodgett]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano'''''
| <ref>Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 13, 1996.</ref>
|-
| [[Elizabeth Brewster]]
| ''Footnotes to the Book of Job''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Judy Stoffman, "It's Atwood ahead again in book race". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 18, 1996.</ref>
|-
| [[Crispin Elsted]]
| ''Climate and the Affections''
|-
| [[Charles Lillard]]
| ''Shadow Weather''
|-
| [[Erín Moure]]
| ''Search Procedures''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1997 Governor General's Awards|1997]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Dionne Brand]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Land to Light On'''''
| <ref>Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', November 19, 1997.</ref>
|-
| [[Marilyn Bowering]]
| ''Autobiography'' 
| rowspan=4| <ref>Paul Gessell, "Urquhart, Hay nominated for Governor General's prize". ''[[St. Catharines Standard]]'', October 23, 1997.</ref>
|-
| [[Patrick Friesen]]
| ''A Broken Bowl'' 
|-
| [[Carole Glasser Langille]]
| ''In Cannon Cave'' 
|-
| [[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]]
| ''Apparatus''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1998 Governor General's Awards|1998]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Stephanie Bolster]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''White Stone: The Alice Poems'''''
| <ref>Anne-Marie Tobin, "Kingston author savours literary award". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', November 18, 1998.</ref>
|-
| [[Louise Bernice Halfe]]
| ''Blue Marrow''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Montrealers deluge list of nominees". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', October 21, 1998.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Ondaatje]]
| ''Handwriting''
|-
| [[Lisa Robertson (poet)|Lisa Robertson]]
| ''Debbie: An Epic''
|-
| [[Kathy Shaidle]]
| ''Lobotomy Magnificat''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1999 Governor General's Awards|1999]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Jan Zwicky]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Songs for Relinquishing the Earth'''''
| <ref>"Matt Cohen, Marq de Villiers win GG literary awards". ''[[The Western Star (Corner Brook)|The Western Star]]'', November 17, 1999.</ref>
|-
| [[Lynn Davies (poet)|Lynn Davies]]
| ''The Bridge that Carries the Road''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Governor General's Award nominees: Clarkson hands them out Nov. 16". ''[[Moose Jaw Times-Herald]]'', October 24, 1999.</ref>
|-
| [[Susan Goyette]]
| ''The True Names of Birds''
|-
| [[Richard Harrison (poet)|Richard Harrison]]
| ''Big Breath of a Wish''
|-
| [[Terence Young (writer)|Terence Young]]
| ''The Island in Winter''
|}

===2000s===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2000 Governor General's Awards|2000]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Don McKay (poet)|Don McKay]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Another Gravity'''''
| <ref>"Governor General's Awards handed out". ''[[Barrie Examiner]]'', November 15, 2000.</ref>
|-
| [[George Bowering]]
| ''His Life''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Anne-Marie Tobin, "Atwood, Ondaatje, among nominees for Governor General's awards". ''[[Prince Albert Daily Herald]]'', October 26, 2000.</ref>
|-
| [[A. F. Moritz]]
| ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt''
|-
| [[John Pass (poet)|John Pass]]
| ''Water Stair''
|-
| [[Patricia Young]]
| ''Ruin and Beauty''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2001 Governor General's Awards|2001]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[George Elliott Clarke]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Execution Poems'''''
| <ref>"Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". ''[[Prince George Citizen]]'', November 15, 2001.</ref>
|-
| [[Anne Carson]]
| ''[[Men in the Off Hours]]''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". ''[[The Telegram]]'', October 24, 2001.</ref>
|-
| [[Phil Hall (poet)|Phil Hall]]
| ''Trouble Sleeping''
|-
| [[Robert Kroetsch]]
| ''The Hornbooks of Rita K.''
|-
| [[Steve McCaffery]]
| ''Seven Pages Missing''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2002 Governor General's Awards|2002]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Roy Miki]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Surrender'''''
| <ref>Diane Menzies, "Gloria Sawai, 70, wins Gov. Gen.'s literary award". ''[[Welland Tribune]]'', November 13, 2002.</ref>
|-
| [[Tammy Armstrong]]
| ''Bogman's Music''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Shields, Johnston lead fiction list for GG awards". ''[[Timmins Daily Press]]'', October 22, 2002.</ref>
|-
| [[Colin Browne]]
| ''Ground Water''
|-
| [[Kathleen McConnell|Kathy Mac]]
| ''Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth''
|-
| [[Erín Moure]]
| ''O Cidadán''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2003 Governor General's Awards|2003]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Tim Lilburn]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Kill-site'''''
| <ref>"Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". ''[[Cape Breton Post]]'', November 13, 2003.</ref>
|-
| [[Tim Bowling]]
| ''The Witness Ghost''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Anne-Marie Tobin, "Stellar year for Atwood: Writer makes short list for Gov-Gen's fiction award". ''[[Brantford Expositor]]'', October 25, 2003.</ref>
|-
| [[Evan Jones (Canadian poet)|Evan Jones]]
| ''Nothing Fell Today But Rain''
|-
| [[Anne Simpson]]
| ''Loop''
|-
| [[Tom Wayman]]
| ''My Father's Cup''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2004 Governor General's Awards|2004]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Roo Borson]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida'''''
| <ref>"Dallaire, Toews among award winners". ''[[Sudbury Star]]'', November 17, 2004.</ref>
|-
| [[Tim Bowling]]
| ''The Memory Orchard''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Governor General award nominee 'hugely relieved' with book reviews". ''[[Guelph Mercury]]'', November 13, 2004.</ref>
|-
| [[David Manicom]]
| ''The Burning Eaves''
|-
| [[John Terpstra]]
| ''Disarmament''
|-
| [[Jan Zwicky]]
| ''Robinson's Crossing''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2005 Governor General's Awards|2005]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Anne Compton]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''processional'''''
| <ref>"Gilmour wins fiction prize". ''[[Prince George Citizen]]'', November 15, 2005.</ref>
|-
| [[Barry Dempster]]
| ''The Burning Alphabet''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Vanessa Farquharson, "The 2005 G-G nominees: all killer, no Giller: Literary awards". ''[[National Post]]'', October 18, 2005.</ref>
|-
| [[Erín Moure]]
| ''Little Theatres''
|-
| [[W. H. New]]
| ''Underwood Log''
|-
| [[Olive Senior]]
| ''Over the Roofs of the World'' 
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2006 Governor General's Awards|2006]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[John Pass (poet)|John Pass]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Stumbling in the Bloom'''''
| <ref>"First-time author beats out experienced peers". ''[[Nanaimo Daily News]]'', November 22, 2006.</ref>
|-
| [[Ken Babstock]]
| ''Airstream Land Yacht''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Cole, Gaston among nominees for Governor General's awards". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', October 16, 2006.</ref>
|-
| [[Elizabeth Bachinsky]]
| ''Home of Sudden Service''
|-
| [[Dionne Brand]]
| ''Inventory''
|-
| [[Sharon Thesen]]
| ''The Good Bacteria''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2007 Governor General's Awards|2007]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Don Domanski]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''All Our Wonder Unavenged'''''
| <ref>"Michael Ondaatje wins again". ''[[North Bay Nugget]]'', November 28, 2007.</ref>
|-
| [[Margaret Atwood]]
| ''[[The Door (Margaret Atwood poetry)|The Door]]''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Cassandra Szklarski, "Ondaatje and Vassanji among literary stars on Governor General's short list; Books Notable literary heavyweights include Margaret Atwood, David Chariandy, Barbara Gowdy and Heather O'Neill". ''[[The Daily Gleaner]]'', October 17, 2007.</ref>
|-
| [[Brian Henderson (writer)|Brian Henderson]]
| ''Nerve Language''
|-
| [[Dennis Lee (author)|Dennis Lee]]
| ''Yesno''
|-
| [[Rob Winger]]
| ''Muybridge's Horse''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2008 Governor General's Awards|2008]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Jacob Scheier]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''More to Keep Us Warm'''''
| <ref>Paul Gessell, "Ricci repeats as GG Literary Award winner". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', November 19, 2008.</ref>
|-
| [[Weyman Chan]]
| ''Noise from the Laundry''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Hage, Ricci finalists for literary prize". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', October 22, 2008.</ref>
|-
| [[A. F. Moritz]]
| ''The Sentinel''
|-
| [[Sachiko Murakami]]
| ''The Invisibility Exhibit''
|-
| [[Ruth Roach Pierson]]
| ''Aide-Mémoire''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2009 Governor General's Awards|2009]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[David Zieroth]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Fly in Autumn'''''
| <ref>Pat Donnelly and Kathryn Greenaway, "A fiction win via a Yukon copper mine; Kate Pullinger wins Governor General's Award". ''[[National Post]]'', November 18, 2009.</ref>
|-
| [[David McFadden (poet)|David McFadden]]
| ''Be Calm, Honey''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Adrian Chamberlain, "Bookstore clerk's first offering vies with Alice Munro for top prize". ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', October 15, 2009.</ref>
|-
| [[Philip Kevin Paul]]
| ''Little Hunger''
|-
| [[Sina Queyras]]
| ''Expressway''
|-
| [[Carmine Starnino]]
| ''This Way Out''
|}

===2010s===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2010 Governor General's Awards|2010]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Richard Greene (writer)|Richard Greene]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Boxing the Compass'''''
| <ref>Mark Medley, "Cool Water wins GG award for fiction; Dianne Warren beat out Room, among others". ''[[National Post]]'', November 17, 2010.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Harris (poet)|Michael Harris]]
| ''Circus''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"GG lit-award finalists include Emma Donoghue, Kathleen Winter". ''[[Alaska Highway News]]'', October 14, 2010.</ref>
|-
| [[Daryl Hine]]
| ''&: A Serial Poem''
|-
| [[Sandy Pool]]
| ''Exploding into Night''
|-
| [[Melanie Siebert]]
| ''Deepwater Vee''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2011 Governor General's Awards|2011]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Phil Hall (poet)|Phil Hall]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Killdeer'''''
| <ref>"Literary gold rush: Patrick deWitt's 'Sisters Brothers' wins Gov-Gen prize". ''[[Whitehorse Star]]'', November 15, 2011.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Boughn]]
| ''Cosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Mark Medley, "Literary hat tricks; G-G Awards; Two authors make three fiction prize lists". ''[[National Post]]'', October 12, 2011.</ref>
|-
| [[Kate Eichhorn]]
| ''Fieldnotes, A Forensic''
|-
| [[Garry Thomas Morse]]
| ''Discovery Passages''
|-
| [[Susan Musgrave]]
| ''Origami Dove''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2012 Governor General's Awards|2012]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Julie Bruck]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Monkey Ranch'''''
| <ref>Greg Quill, "Spalding's slave tale gets GG fiction nod: Toronto writer also nominated for Writers' Trust Prize". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 14, 2012.</ref> 
|-
| [[David McGimpsey]]
| ''Li'l Bastard''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Paul Irish, "Vincent Lam on Governor General's short list". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 3, 2012.</ref>
|-
| [[A. F. Moritz]]
| ''The New Measures''
|-
| [[Lisa Pasold]]
| ''Any Bright Horse''
|-
| [[James Pollock (writer)|James Pollock]]
| ''Sailing to Babylon''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2013 Governor General's Awards|2013]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Katherena Vermette]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''North End Love Songs'''''
| <ref name="winners2013">{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2011 |title=Eleanor Catton wins Governor General's Literary Award for The Luminaries |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/11/13/eleanor_catton_wins_governor_generals_literary_award_for_the_luminaries.html |website=[[Toronto Star]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Austin Clarke (novelist)|Austin Clarke]]
| ''Where the Sun Shines Best''
| rowspan=4| <ref name="announced">{{Cite web |last=Ahearn |first=Victoria |date=October 2, 2013 |title=Governor General Literary Award finalists announced (updated) |url=http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131011171148/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Adam Dickinson]]
| ''The Polymers''
|-
| [[Don Domanski]]
| ''Bite Down Little Whisper''
|-
| [[Russell Thornton (writer)|Russell Thornton]]
| ''Birds, Metal, Stones & Rain''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2014 Governor General's Awards|2014]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Arleen Paré]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''Lake of Two Mountains'''''
| <ref name="winners2014">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/thomas-king-wins-governor-generals-award-for-fiction/article21636001/ "Thomas King wins Governor General's award for fiction"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 18, 2014.</ref>
|-
| [[Julie Joosten]]
| ''Light Light''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Thomas, Chafe on shortlists for Governor General's awards". ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'', October 7, 2014.</ref>
|-
| [[Christopher Levenson]]
| ''Night Vision''
|-
| [[Garth Martens]]
| ''Prologue for the Age of Consequence'' 
|-
| [[Sadiqa de Meijer]]
| ''Leaving Howe Island''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2015 Governor General's Awards|2015]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Robyn Sarah]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''My Shoes Are Killing Me'''''
| <ref>Cam Fuller, "Modest Vanderhaeghe joins exclusive company with third GG win". ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', October 29, 2015.</ref>
|-
| [[Kayla Czaga]]
| ''For Your Safety Please Hold On''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Guelph author shortlisted for Governor General's Literary Award". ''[[Guelph Tribune]]'', October 8, 2015.</ref>
|-
| [[Liz Howard (writer)|Liz Howard]]
| ''Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent''
|-
| [[M. Travis Lane]]
| ''Crossover''
|-
| [[Patrick Lane (poet)|Patrick Lane]]
| ''Washita''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2016 Governor General's Awards|2016]]
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''[[Steven Heighton]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86"| '''''The Waking Comes Late'''''
| <ref name="globe">[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/madeline-thien-wins-governor-generals-award-for-english-fiction/article32493781/ "Madeline Thien wins Governor-General's award for English fiction"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 25, 2016.</ref>
|-
| [[Joe Denham]]
| ''Regeneration Machine''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Ian McGillis, "Thien makes short list for third time; Adds GG nod to Booker, Giller nominations". ''[[Sarnia Observer]]'', October 5, 2016.</ref>
|-
| [[Susan Holbrook]]
| ''Throaty Wipes''
|-
| [[Garry Thomas Morse]]
| ''Prairie Harbour'' 
|-
| [[Rachel Rose]]
| ''Marry & Burn''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2017 Governor General's Awards|2017]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Richard Harrison (poet)|Richard Harrison]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood'''''
| <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/governor-general-literary-awards-winners-2017-1.4381577 "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize"]. [[CBC News]], November 1, 2017.</ref>
|-
| [[Lorna Crozier]]
| ''What the Soul Doesn't Want''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Winter, Hynes up for Governor General's Award". ''[[Halifax Chronicle-Herald]]'', October 7, 2017.</ref>
|-
| [[Nora Gould]]
| ''Selah''
|-
| [[Benjamin Hertwig]]
| ''Slow War''
|-
| [[Julia McCarthy]]
| ''All the Names Between''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2018 Governor General's Awards|2018]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Cecily Nicholson]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''Wayside Sang'''''
| <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.4882275 "Here are the winners of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. [[CBC Books]], November 9, 2018.</ref>
|-
| [[Billy-Ray Belcourt]]
| ''This Wound Is a World''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Hage, Toews among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". ''[[Peterborough Examiner]]'', October 4, 2018.</ref>
|-
| [[Dionne Brand]]
| ''The Blue Clerk''
|-
| [[Joshua Mensch]]
| ''Because: A Lyric Memoir''
|-
| [[Jason Stefanik]]
| ''Night Became Years''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2019 Governor General's Awards|2019]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Gwen Benaway]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''Holy Wild'''''
| <ref>Jane van Koeverden, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.5335565 "Here are the winners of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. [[CBC Books]], October 29, 2019.</ref>
|-
| [[Julie Bruck]]
| ''How to Avoid Huge Ships''
| rowspan=4| <ref>"Literary finalists named; 70 books vie for $450,000 in prizes at 2019 Governor General's awards". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', October 7, 2019.</ref> 
|-
| [[Karen Houle]]
| ''The Grand River Watershed: A Folk Ecology''
|-
| [[Catherine Hunter (poet)|Catherine Hunter]]
| ''St. Boniface Elegies''
|-
| [[Armand Garnet Ruffo]]
| ''Treaty #''
|}

===2020s===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
!Year
!width="40%"|Author
!width="50%"|Title
!Ref
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2020 Governor General's Awards|2020]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Anne Carson]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Norma Jeane Baker of Troy]]'''''
| <ref>[https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/michelle-good-says-celebrating-fiction-win-feels-petty-and-selfish-after-residential-school-discovery-1.5450932 "Michelle Good says celebrating fiction win feels 'petty and selfish' after residential school discovery"]. [[CTV News]], June 1, 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Oana Avasilichioaei]]
| ''Eight Track''
| rowspan=4| <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/francesca-ekwuyasi-billy-ray-belcourt-anne-carson-among-2020-governor-general-s-literary-awards-finalists-1.6004149 "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists"]. [[CBC Books]], May 4, 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Donna Kane (writer)|Donna Kane]]
| ''Orrery''
|-
| [[Canisia Lubrin]]
| ''The Dyzgraphxst''
|-
| [[Sachiko Murakami]]
| ''Render''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2021 Governor General's Awards|2021]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Tolu Oloruntoba]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[The Junta of Happenstance]]'''''
| <ref>[https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117161409/https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 |date=2021-11-17 }}. ''Coast Reporter'', November 17, 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Roxanna Bennett]]
| ''The Untranslatable I''
| rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/10/14/rachel-cusk-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards.html "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 14, 2021.</ref>
|-
| [[Stephen Collis]]
| ''A History of the Theories of Rain''
|-
| [[Hoa Nguyen]]
| ''A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure''
|-
| [[Rebecca Salazar]]
| ''Sulphurtongue''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2022 Governor General's Awards|2022]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Annick MacAskill]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''[[Shadow Blight]]'''''
| <ref>Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/11/16/sheila-heti-eli-baxter-win-2022-governor-generals-literary-awards-for-fiction-and-non-fiction.html "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 16, 2022.</ref>
|-
| [[D. M. Bradford]]
| ''Dream of No One But Myself''
| rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-poetry-1.6612914 "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry"]. [[CBC Books]], October 12, 2022.</ref>
|-
| [[Anne Carson]]
| ''H of H Playbook''
|-
| [[Aaron Kreuter]]
| ''Shifting Baseline Syndrome''
|-
| [[Avery Lake]]
| ''Horrible Dance''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2023 Governor General's Awards|2023]]
|style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Hannah Green (poet)|Hannah Green]]'''
|style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''Xanax Cowboy'''''
|style="background:#FAEB86" | <ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/anuja-varghese-wins-governor-generals-literary-award-for-fiction/article_1bb0f610-14e9-5ee7-9f19-68bcbfe555f8.html "Anuja Varghese wins Governor General's literary award for fiction"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 8, 2023.</ref>
|-
| [[Robert Bringhurst]]
| ''The Ridge''
| rowspan=4 | <ref>[https://www.burnabynow.com/the-mix/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards-7732654 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. ''[[Burnaby Now]]'', October 25, 2023.</ref>
|-
| [[Conor Kerr]]
| ''Old Gods''
|-
| [[Amy Ching-Yan Lam]]
| ''Baby Book''
|-
| [[Susan Musgrave]]
| ''Exculpatory Lilies''
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[2024 Governor General's Awards|2024]]
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''[[Chimwemwe Undi]]'''
| style="background:#FAEB86" | '''''Scientific Marvel'''''
| <ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/jordan-abel-niigaan-sinclair-among-2024-governor-generals-award-winners/ "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', November 13, 2024.</ref>
|-
| [[Brandi Bird]]
| ''The All + Flesh''
| rowspan=4| <ref>Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/canisia-lubrin-danny-ramadan-among-2024-governor-generals-literary-award-finalists/ "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists"]. ''[[Quill & Quire]]'', October 8, 2024.</ref>
|-
| [[Bradley Peters (poet)|Bradley Peters]]
| ''Sonnets from a Cell''
|-
| [[Bren Simmers]]
| ''The Work''
|-
| [[Barbara Tran]]
| ''Precedented Parroting''
|}

==References==
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{{Governor General's Literary Awards}}
{{Canadian poetry}}

[[Category:Governor General's Award–winning poets|*English]]
[[Category:Canadian poetry awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1981]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Canada]]
[[Category:Governor General's Awards|Poetry]]
[[Category:English-language literary awards]]