Instructed by Sandra Ridley, this is a facilitated retreat for six poets who have published some work and are working towards manuscript completion. The workshop offers a small group context. Focus will be on writing time, individual critiques, and on seminar discussions dealing with technical, philosophical, or conceptual issues in …
This prize honours the vitality, vivacity and outspoken presence of poet-activist Muriel Marjorie, who passed on in the fall of 2018. Learn more here.
Amanda Earl of AngelHousePress started NationalPoetryMonth.ca in 2009 as an alternative to institutionalized celebrations of poetry with the goal of expanding preconceived notions of what poetry is or means. NationalPoetryMonth.ca is a celebration of the nation of poetry. Poetry is a land of risk, play, meditation, provocation and delight. It …
Grain and the Short Grain Writing Contest have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Lorna Crozier, Xi Chua, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Patrick Lane, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. You could join them in the pages of Grain. This year's contest judges are Karen Solie (poetry) …
Celebrate the start of National Poetry Month by posting poetry to your social media channels and tagging the posts with #WhanThatAprilleDay (not to mention #NationalPoetryMonth, #twitterpoetryclub, #todayspoem ... and more!) Learn more here and here.