George Elliott Clarke - Awards

Awards

• 1979: Honourable Mention, Atlantic Writing Competition (Adult Poetry), Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
• 1981: First Prize, Atlantic Writing Competition (Adult Poetry), Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
• 1983: Second Prize, Bliss Carman Poetry Award, Banff Centre
• 1991: Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry, Ottawa Independent Writers
• 1998: Portia White Prize, Nova Scotia Arts Council
• 1998: Bellagio Centre Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City
• 1999: Alumni Achievement Award, University of Waterloo
• 2002: Governor General's Award for Poetry, for Execution Poems
• National Magazine Gold Award for Poetry
• 2004: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Achievement Award, Black Theatre Workshop
• 2006: Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship Prize, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
• 2006: Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction
• 2006: Frontieras Poesis Premuil, Poesis Magazine, International Poetry Festival, Satu Mare, Romania
• 2006: Order of Nova Scotia
• 2007: Longlisted for the IMPAC Award, for George and Rue
• 2008: Officer of the Order of Canada
• 2009: Shortlisted, Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction
• 2010: Shortlisted, Acorn-Plantos Award for People’s Poetry