Eva Haas has made the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Tyndall Park.

The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 16 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 23.

Eva Haas is an artist and poet from St. John's (Ktaqmkuk). She is pursuing a BFA in writing and history at the University of Victoria and currently serves as the City of Victoria's Youth Poet Laureate. She has been writing for as long as she can remember, and aspires to one day live up to the childhood drawing in which she wins "Best Author Ever."

"Peace found in unexpected places."

"It was late spring, early summer, and I was writing outside in the grass on a soccer field. I felt so blessed to be there and everything I was experiencing came together into this poem."

I met God this summer
on a soccer field
she was younger than me and had never taken sertraline
she was skinny, but I know she never thought about it
she was looking at the dandelions
we didn't say anything to each other

The winner of the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.

If you're interested in the CBC Literary Prizes, the CBC Nonfiction Prize opens in January and the CBC Poetry Prize opens in April.