News & Announcements
2024 Cold Moon Contest winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in congratulating Kelly Madden and Jessica Lee McMillan, winners of the 2024 Cold Moon Contests!
Poem in Your Pocket Day 2024
Held in the last two weeks of National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day is an international movement that encourages people to center poetry within their daily interactions. Poem in Your Pocket Day 2024 will be celebrated on April 18, 2024.
April 4, 2024 (Zoom): Closer to the Core: strategies for revision (workshop)
In this poetry workshop with Tara Borin, discuss some tools for revision that will bring you closer to the core of the poem you’re trying to write. We’ll begin with a broad focus and then narrow down to the level of the line and individual word choice. Bring a poem you’d like to work on. 90 mins.
Poet El Jones disinvited from presentation to Supreme Court of Canada
The League joins TWUC and PEN Canada in condemning the disinvitation of anti-Black racism advocates from a presentation to the law clerks of the Supreme Court of Canada. Among the guests is Canadian poet, professor, and activist El Jones.
Feb 29, 2024 (Zoom): Black History Month with Ian Keteku
Join the League of Canadian Poets to celebrate Black History Month with LCP Spoken Word Award-winner Ian Keteku! The evening will include a performance from Ian Keteku and an open mic segment.
Feb 22, 2024 (Zoom): Freedom to Read Week with Farzana Doctor and Gary Geddes
Join the League of Canadian Poets to celebrate Freedom to Read Week with TWUC Freedom to Read Award-winners Farzana Doctor and Gary Geddes! The evening will include poetry readings from Farzana and Gary, and short discussion about the importance of free expression and the freedom to read in Canada.
Feb. 17, 2024 (Zoom): Drop-in poetry consultations with Tara Borin
Drop in on Zoom to workshop your poetry with Poet Ambassador in Residence Tara Borin! Registration required.
LCP Chapbook Series: call for submissions from trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit poets
Being trans, nonbinary or two-spirit is a powerful and sacred thing, and sometimes, that can feel like a lot to carry. Send me your poems of trans ordinariness, your small joys and frustrations, your quiet moments of connection or escape, your quotidian. Let me see the power and beauty of your everyday.
