This year’s judging was not easy at all. In fact, it took us so long, because there were so many amazing entries. Our longlist is longer than ever, but we are so happy with every name on it!
Congratulations to all longlisted authors! What an achievement!
Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize 2018 Longlist:
pahpowin – Samantha Nock, Vancouver, BC
more muskrat – Samantha Nock, Vancouver, BC
a simple instruction – Tara McGowan-Ross, Montreal, QC
tata’t – Tara McGowan-Ross, Montreal, QC
Care Instructions – Austen Lee, Edmonton, AB
CROSS-SECTIONS OF SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS & SHELLS, 2013 – syan jay, Brighton, MA, USA
MY SAFEWORD IS RESTLESS – syan jay, Brighton, MA, USA
(BLOOD) QUANTUM PHYSICS – syan jay, Brighton, MA, USA
ndn anality – Joshua Whitehead, Calgary, AB
sometimes i think maskwa is killing me – Joshua Whitehead, Calgary, AB
NEW MOON, GEMINI SEASON – Ellie Sawatzky, Vancouver, BC
sound travels at three kilometers per second – Whess Harman, Vancouver, BC
Saliva Sample Indians – Grace Randolph, Oklahoma City. OK, USA
[if i look in the mirror i see a foggy haze where my silhouette should be] – Ostoro Petahtegoose, Windsor, ON
lady bird – Kerry Gilbert, Vernon, BC
Pickerel – Brandi Bird, Vancouver, BC
Eat your Elders – Brandi Bird, Vancouver, BC
metal//biting down//i – jaye simpson, Vancouver, BC
wide-eyed between fires – Xiao Yue Shan, Tokyo, Japan