Nest by Evan J
CBC Books | Posted: November 9, 2023 2:30 PM | Last Updated: November 9, 2023
2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist
Evas J has made the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Nest.
The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 16 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 23.
About Evan J
Now living in Manitoba, Evan J (he/they) has spent the last decade living in Toronto, Ottawa and Sioux Lookout, Ont. Evan's first book, Ripping down half the trees, was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2021. Currently, Evan is the programming coordinator for the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, the fiction editor for Cloud Lake Literary, a writing workshop facilitator for Vallum magazine, and the manager of a tech literacy program working onsite in remote fly-in First Nations communities.
Entry in five-ish words
"Geneology of bricks and parenting."
The poems' source of inspiration
"A walk I once took around the fort at Staig, an ancient stone structure on the southwest coast of Ireland. And ideas about what I might say to my child, if they were on that walk with me. But I have no children."
First lines
| Between this mound of rock I squawk at my kid how there is no mortar, no lime no ocean |
About the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize
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.