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26 writers from across Canada make the 2022 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. 17, 2022.
Writers from across Canada have made the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize longlist. (See individual pages for credit.)

Twenty-six writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize.

The complete list is:

The longlist was selected from more than 2,200 English-language submissions.

The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. The 2022 jury is comprised of Armand Garnet Ruffo, Megan Gail Coles and Hoa Nguyen.

The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 17 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 24.

A team of 12 writers from across Canada compiled the list.

The winner of the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on CBC Books and will attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.

Last year's winner was Vancouver poet Lise Gastonfor her poem James. You can read the entire 2021 shortlist here.

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

The CBCLiterary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners include Alison Pick, David Bergen, Michael Ondaatje and Carol Shields.

If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out the CBC Literary Prizes. The 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January and the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize will open in April.

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