| Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaasen | Clays Birds | Coteau Books |
| Sylvia Legris | Circuitry of Veins | Turnstone Press |
| Bruce Rice | Descent into Lima | Coteau Books |
| Janice Kulyk Keefer | The Green Library | HarperCollins |
| Jan Homer | Enraptured Mothers, Lost Brides | Staccato Chapbooks |
| Alison Lohans | Natheniel’s Violin | Orca Books |
| Leo McKay | Like This | Astoria |