The bpNichol Chapbook Award recognizes excellence in Canadian poetry published in chapbook form within Canada. The prize is awarded to a poetry chapbook judged to be the best submitted. The author receives $4,000 and the publisher receives $500. Awarded continuously since 1986, the bpNichol Chapbook Award is currently administered by …
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association is holding its 33rd Annual Poetry Anthology contest for residents of Ontario. Entries must be in English, previously unpublished and not submitted for consideration elsewhere. Number of entries is unlimited, but no more than six poems from one poet will be included …
The winner of this year's CBC Poetry Prize receives $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 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 …
The Crescent welcomes Canadian poets Catherine Graham and Kathleen McCracken and former Canadian resident Julie Morrissy for an evening of poetry. All three poets are writers whose works bring a range of distinctive perspectives to "the Canadian experience". Rich and daring in their approaches to poetic form, deeply engaged with …
Anne Michaels, the Toronto Poet Laureate and winner of dozens of international and national awards, will read at BLRC on June 2nd, 2018. Learn more here.