Awards
Finalist for the 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Governor General’s Literary Awards for Poetry John Terpstra, Hamilton, for Disarmament (Gaspereau Press; distributed by the publisher) (ISBN 1-894031-73-3) In direct, natural speech, these poems seduce us with their playful turns, humility and essential saneness. Terpstra commits himself to complex, significant themes in compelling monologues and fable-like flights of imagination. Charles Taylor Prize for Literay Non-Fiction: http://www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca/2006/finalists_2006.asp the boys BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction: http://www.bcachievement.com/nonfiction/2006/finalists.phpJohn Terpstra was short-listed for The Boys
Hamilton and Region Arts Council Poetry Collection/Anthology Award (2001)(regional) Nod Me In, Shake Me Out Hamilton and Region Arts Council Poetry Book Prize (1999) (regional) Devil's Punch Bowl GUI (God Uses Ink) Prize for poetry (1999) (national) To God, as a Small Pest, and Atonement, two poems from Devil's Punch Bowl Hamilton and Region Arts Council Poetry Book Prize (1998) (regional) The Church Not Made With Hands Hamilton and Region Arts Council First Prize for Non-Fiction (1995) (regional) "Where in the world is Burlington Heights?" CBC Radio Literary Competition (1991) (national) First Prize for Poetry (poem or series of poems) Captain Kintail Il Premio Francesco Guiseppe Bressani Prize for Poetry also known as the Bressani Prize (1988) (national) Forty Days and Forty Nights