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32 writers make the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize longlist

The winner will receive $6,000, attend a two-week writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be revealed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Writers from across Canada have made the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize longlist. (See individual pages for credit)

Thirty-two writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2020CBC Poetry Prize.

The complete longlist is:

The longlist was selected from almost 3,000English-language submissions.

A team of writers and editors from across Canadacompiled the list. The jury then selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections.

The 2020 jury is comprised of Kaie Kellough, Dionne Brandand Stephen Collis. They will select the shortlist and the winner.

The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 5and the winner will be announced on Nov. 12.

The winner of the 2020CBC Poetry Prizewill receive $6,000 from theCanada Council for the Arts, have their work published onCBC Booksand will have the opportunity to attend a two-week writing residency at theBanff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from theCanada Council for the Artsand have their work published onCBC Books.

Last year's winner was Calgary writer Alycia Pirmohamedfor her collection of poems,Love Poem with Elk and Punctuation, Prairie StormandTasbih.

The longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go to thePrix deposie Radio-Canada.

TheCBC Literary Prizeshave been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners includeMichael Ondaatje,Carol Shields,Michael WinterandFrances Itani.

If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out theCBC Literary Prizes. The 2021CBC Nonfiction Prizewill open in January and the 2021CBC Poetry Prizewill open in April.

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