26 writers from across Canada make the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize longlist
Twenty-six writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize.
The complete list is:
- Tagish Elvis Borealis by Larissa Andrusyshyn (Montreal)
- At the Holy Well by Howard Anglin (Calgary)
- Child-Free by Nicole Ardiel (Victoria)
- If April, then by Tammy Armstrong (Shag Harbour, N.S.)
- My Grief is a Violence by Ashley-Elizabeth Best (Kingston, Ont.)
- Wind by Heather Birrell (Toronto)
- pépère in three parts by Scott Andrew Christensen (Bedford, N.S.)
- Feeding the fire by Francine Cunningham (Strathmore, Alta.)
- notes on praying by Tina Do (Vancouver)
- A Mother's Secrets by Lauren Gehlen (Vancouver)
- The Pear and Other Poems by Farah Ghafoor (Scarborough, Ont.)
- From the Mouth by Rachel Lachmansingh (Toronto)
- Last Seen with Crow by Tanis MacDonald (Waterloo, Ont.)
- Pink Fairy Armadillo by Brad Aaron Modlin (Guelph, Ont.)
- To the Astronaut Who Hopes Life on Another Planet Will Be More Bearable by Brad Aaron Modlin (Guelph, Ont.)
- Mouth Prayers by Luka Poljak (Vancouver)
- Portrait of the Artist with Claribel Alegria, 1924-2018 by Pamela Porter (North Saanish, B.C.)
- The Fluid Memoir by Daniel Kincade Renton (Banff, Alta.)
- The Magic Tree by Bruce Rice (Regina)
- The Long Goodbye - a triptych by Shelley Ringland (Headingley, Man.)
- Grief white by Kerry Ryan (Winnipeg)
- 2 Poems by Johann Sarna (New York)
- On Crete by Ellie Sawatzky (Vancouver)
- Spell World Backwards by Bren Simmers (Charlottetown)
- Lions Gate by Erin Soros (North Vancouver)
- Plywood for Windows by Christian Wayne (Vancouver)
- Spruce Bones by Alice Irene Whittaker (Chelsea, Que.)
The longlist was selected from more than 2,200 English-language submissions.
The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. The 2022 jury is comprised of Armand Garnet Ruffo, Megan Gail Coles and Hoa Nguyen.
The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 17 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 24.
A team of 12 writers from across Canada compiled the list.
The winner of the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on CBC Books and will attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.
Last year's winner was Vancouver poet Lise Gaston for her poem James. You can read the entire 2021 shortlist here.
The longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go to the Prix de poésie Radio-Canada.
The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners include Alison Pick, David Bergen, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields.
If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out the CBC Literary Prizes. The 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January and the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize will open in April.
