The 2010 Pat Lowther Award Shortlist:

The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975. The award carries a $1,000 prize.

Elizabeth Bachinsky for God of Missed Connections (Nightwood Editions)
Ronna Bloom for Permiso (Pedlar Press)
Sina Queyras for Expressway (Coach House Books)
Damian Rogers for Paper Radio (ECW Press, a misFit book)
Laisha Rosnau for Lousy Explorers (Nightwood Editions)
Karen Solie for Pigeon (House of Anansi Press)

2010 Pat Lowther Award Jury: Gloe Cormie, Maureen Hynes and Rhea Tregebov