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The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award 2021 Winner: Jillian Christmas
Congratulations to Jillian Christmas, The Winner of the 2021 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award! 2021 SHERI-D WILSON GOLDEN BERET AWARD WINNER for lifetime achievement in Canadian spoken word poetry The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award is an annual literary prize crafted specifically to highlight the unique strengths and values of spoken word poetry. The Sheri-D…
Very Small Verse 2021 Winner: Sometimes by Rae Crossman
Congratulations to Rae Crossman, winner of the 2022 Very Small Verse Contest! Listen to “Sometimes” by Rae Crossman Living on the Haldimand Tract in Kitchener, Ontario, Rae Crossman writes poetry both for the page and for oral performance. He has published poems in literary magazines and dramatized them on theatre stages, in classrooms, and around campfires…
Broadsheet Contest 2021 Winner: Beekeeping by Kim Fahner
Congrats to Kim Fahner, winner of the 2021 Broadsheet Contest. Listen to “Beekeeping” by Kim Fahner: Kim Fahner lives, writes, and teaches in Sudbury, Ontario. She was Poet Laureate of Sudbury from 2016-18, and was the first woman appointed to that role. Her most recent book of poems is These Wings (Pedlar Press, 2019). Kim is a member…
Statement of support: In solidarity against hate for Asians and Asian Canadians
SOLIDARITY AGAINST HATE (July 6, 2020) Deeply disturbing hate crimes against Asians and Asian Canadians across Canada, both physical and verbal assaults, have risen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister of Canada and provincial and municipal leaders have all clearly stated that hate, violence, xenophobia, and discrimination have no place in our country.…
2020 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth – Winning Poems
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the six winners of the 2020 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize!
The LCP New Quebec Council Representative: Carolyne Van Der Meer
The League is happy to announce that Carolyne Van Der Meer is the new council representative for Quebec. Why is poetry important to you? In the words of Quebec novelist and poet David Goudreault, “Poetry is just another way of saying” (“La poésie est de dire autrement”). I believe this is true—another way of…
2020 Raymond Souster Award Winner: Unmeaningable by Roxanna Bennett
and the 2020 Raymond Souster award goes to… Unmeaningable by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press) From the jurors: Where and how is meaning made in a body that interferes with its own lines of communication? Roxanna Bennett’s Unmeaningable is a powerful example of embodied cognition. Crafted with rigorous precision, Bennett’s poems bore into a linguistic system…
2020 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Winner: Float and Scurry by Heather Birrell
The 2020 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award goes to… Float and Scurry by Heather Birrell (Anvil Press/A Feed Dog Book) From the jurors: In the rapid-fire collection Float and Scurry, Heather Birrell tackles parenting, patriarchy, personal politics and much more, often while driving the reader to laughter. So many of this book’s subjects and projects…
