Awards & Honors
Recognizing the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the poetic community in Ontario.
Previous Ted Plantos Award Winners:
The Ted Plantos Memorial Award was established to provide financial support to new poets and emerging writers.
- 2025: Charlotte Blair
- 2024: Rhonda Melanson
- 2023: Lisa Reynolds
- 2022: Meg Freer
- 2021: David Knight
- 2020: Jerry Jordison
- 2019: Owen Wagg
- 2018: N/A
- 2017: John Di-Leonardo
- 2016: N/A
- 2015: Mary Rykov & Denis Robillard
- 2014: Stan Burfield
- 2013: N/A
- 2012: Ruth Latta
- 2011: Benjamin Hackman
- 2010: Mark D. Dunn
- 2009: Mel Sarnese
- 2008: Yaqoob Ghaznav
- 2007: Debbie Okun Hill
- 2006: John Aylsworth Ide