Natasha Sanders-Kay has made the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Four Poems for Self Care.

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

Natasha Sanders-Kay writes from the unceded and ancestral lands of the hən̓ qəmin̓ əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. She is the author of the chapbook poem Postmodern Mutt. Other work has appeared in Arc Poetry, Poetry Is Dead, subTerrain, Prism international, untethered, Spacing, Mono, Event and The New Quarterly, and in the anthology Quae Nocent Docent. Her poem Activist Anonymous: I've Made Mistakes won an honourable mention in the 2022 Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize. Natasha is a graduate of The Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University and a member of the editorial collective at subTerrain magazine.

"Prayers for self-love."

"The poems were inspired by my process of self-discovery in the wake of addictions, trauma, and disability, with writing and the natural world playing huge parts in my healing."

Plus-sized, and then some. Gorgeous giant. Busty, and damn gutsy. Got all this big green hair that changes colours in different light. Turquoise, aquamarine. Golden greys and blues. Often a matter of weather. Same with her moods.

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.