We are super excited to announced this year’s shortlist for the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize!! The decision was extremely hard and the quality of work was sensational. This is why we have 9 poems on the shortlist! Well done to all the authors!
Here is the shortlist:
pahpowin – 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
ndn anality – Joshua Whitehead, Calgary, AB
Pickerel – Brandi Bird, Vancouver, BC
wide-eyed between fires – Xiao Yue Shan, Tokyo, Japan