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32 writers from across Canada make 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist

The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 16 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 23.

The winner will receive $6,000, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books

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Writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize. (See individual pages for credit)

Thirty-two writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize.

The complete list is:

The longlist was selected from more than 2,400 submissions. The longlist was selected by a team of writers and editors from across Canada.

The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. This year's jury is comprised of Joseph A. Dandurand, Catherine Graham and Tolu Oloruntoba.

The shortlist will be announced on Nov. 16 and the winner will be announced on Nov. 23.

The winner of the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books.

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 Charlottetown poet Bren Simmers for her poetry collection Spell World Backwards. You can read the entire 2022 shortlist here.

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

The CBC Literary 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 2024 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January,the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize will open in April and the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize will open in September.

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