Katie Jordon has made the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Barrier Reef, New Year's Eve Day & Photographing Bison.

Katie Jordon completed her MFA in creative writing at the University of Guelph. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as the Malahat Review, Poetry is Dead, Carousel and the Puritan. She was a finalist in Contemporary Verse 2's 2018 2-Day Poem Contest. She lives in Toronto.

The inherent issues with eco-tourism.

"My two poems originated from separate experiences travelling to the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef in Roatán and Yellowstone National Park. I wanted to write about the intricate ecosystems that I had visited, as well as their problematic commodification and their leaving impressions of beauty, scarcity and survival."

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From the sinew of coconuts,
fruit flies dream of porcelain saucers,
the silver aisles of our utensils.

The winner of the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, will have their work published on CBC Books and will have the opportunity to attend a 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.