RESOURCES FROM THE LEAGUE

• List of Canada’s Poets Laureate
• Events calendar
• Poetry reviews
• How to organize a poetry reading
• Tips on sharing and promoting your news
• Manuscript readers and editing services
• Funding for members
• Guide to Grant Writing for Canadian Poets

TEACHERS AND YOUNG POETS

• Our Teachers’ Lounge rounds up tips on teaching poetry in classrooms
• “Why Teaching Poetry is So Important”
• “4 Reasons to Start Class With a Poem Each Day”
• “A Poem a Day: 30 Poems for Secondary Students”
• Young poets’ prizes
  • Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian youth
  • Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
  • Betjeman Poetry Prize (poets aged 10 to 13, £1000 grand prize)
• Poetry recommendations for getting through high school
• Poetry in Voice, a nationwide poetry recitation competition for schools
• CBC Books’ Shakespeare Selfie Student Writing Contest happens annually and asks students to answer the question “what would Shakespeare think of the world of today?” in the form of a poem
• The Poetry Society’s resources for teachers, including lesson plans that incorporate award-winning poetry by young poets
• The Young Poets Network, an online platform for young poets up to the age of 25 with articles, challenges, prompts, advice, and more
• Page Fright, where four contemporary spoken word poets re-examine and perform page poems that have inspired them
• Sit Down and Write– Poetry Resources from Seat Up: check out this great list of resources for more poetry prompts and learning activities. (Thank you to Carol Briggs and youth poet Amelia for this resource!)

PUBLISHERS’ ORGANIZATIONS

• Association of Canadian Publishers
• Literary Press Group of Canada
• Association of Book Publishers of BC
• Book Publishers Association of Alberta
• SaskBooks
• Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
• Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec
• Ontario Book Publishers’ Organization
• Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association

ARTS COUNCILS AND WRITERS’ ORGANIZATIONS

CONTESTS & AWARDS

LITERARY FESTIVALS: CANADA AND BEYOND

WRITERS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAMS

OTHER RESOURCES

• Canadian Women in the Literary Arts
• The Town Crier Microlit Review Series from The Puritan (reviews of zines, chapbooks, and other microliterature, and the people who make them)
• The Small Press Book Review
• 20 Ways to Double Your Writing Productivity (Infographic)
• Tips on applying to workshops, fellowships, and residencies, from the “Women Who Submit” project
• A Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines, from the National Magazine Awards (updated regularly)
• 13 questions to ask before submitting to a literary journal, via LitHub
• Poet Tips, an online web of poets that recommends what you should read next based on who you love now
• Woven Odes, a constellation of Canadian poets created by All Lit Up for NPM 2016
• All Lit Up, the web store and blog for the Literary Press Group of Canada, and your number one resource for Canadian small press literature
• Top 10 grant-writing tips (from the Toronto Arts Council)
• 10 Best Blogging Sites – Detailed Comparison, a great resource for poets looking to set up a website
• A guide to writing prizes for Canadians, from CBC Books
• Black, African and Caribbean Heritage Educator’s Choice Board curated by Ian Clarke, Letitia Coutu, LaToya Green, Jacqueline Gurdyal, Antonella Kalaitzis, Azi Manji & Maia Takhar
• Mental wellness resources for Canadian writers and their families from The Writers’ Trust
• Poetry Video Resources