Eleven Ontario Poets Included in 2019 CBC Poetry Prize Longlist

While we always like to celebrate the large amount of literary talent in Ontario, this is an extra-special reason! Poets from the province made a strong showing during the announcement of the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize longlist on Thursday, taking up eleven spots on the list. Among 33 poets longlisted, the eleven from Ontario include:

• Faith Arkorfol of Toronto for Family Affair
• Manahil Bandukwala of Mississauga for To Ride an Art Horse
• Allison LaSorda of Guelph for Caribou
• Eleanor Peebles of Toronto for crux
• Erin Soros of Toronto for You Left Something
• Nayana Suchak of Toronto for Another Girl
• Franco Cortese of Thorold for Six Poems
• Ashley Hynd of Kitchener for A Song for Thunder Hills (after Terry McClintic)
• Elizabeth Page of Kenora for Apartment 402
• Sarah Tsiang of Kingston for 12
• Erin Wilson of Massey for Blue, "Orphaned Rabbits," and "The Shearing"

The winning poet will be published on CBC Books and will receive an award of $6000 courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, as well as a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The four runners-up will also be published on CBC Books and will receive a cash prize of $1000 each.

Judging the prize this year are Lynn Crosby, Olive Senior and Billy-Ray Belcourt. The shortlist will be announced on November 14.

For more information, visit CBC Books.