33 writers make the CBC Poetry Prize longlist

Thirty-three writers have made the longlist for the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize. The complete longlist is:

• Hermit God SpotbyTammy Armstrong (Shag Harbour,N.S.)
• Glossafor Leonard Cohen's "Anthem"bySonjaArntzen(GabriolaIsland, B.C.)
• First Days inResidential Schoolby RichardBehn(Saanichton, B.C.)
• Shelter ObjectbyStephanie Bolster (Pointe-Claire, Que.)
• LieDown Within the NightbyLaurenCarter (The Pas, Man.)
• StonebyEmilyCarrington(GabriolaIsland, B.C.)
• Daylight Hangs Onby ClaudiaCoutuRadmore(Carleton Place, Ont.)
• Earth onThe Ocean's BackbyDaniel Cowper(Bowen Island, B.C.)
• Choose Your Own Poemby Laura Farina (Vancouver, B.C.)
• The Muddle in the MiddlebyElisabethHarvor(Ottawa, Ont.)
• Tourists Stroll A Victoria WaterwaybyCorneliaHoogland(HornbyIsland, B.C.)
• TheTantramarRe-VisionbyKevinIrie(Toronto, Ont.)
• Lunar Landing, 1966byLaboniIslam (Toronto, Ont.)
• GodotbySiobhanJamison(Toronto, Ont.)
• Mothersby Michael Johnson (Penticton,B.C.)
• OhYou're NativebyKarisJones-Pard(Toronto, Ont.)
• Carryby SarahKabamba(Ottawa, Ont.)
• Mother,What Should We Do?byClaire Kelly (Edmonton, Alta.)
• Full Circle byCatherineLafferty(Yellowknife, N.W.T)
• HbyAlixLongland(Oliver, B.C.)
• A Collection of Sky StoriesbyGail MacKay(Saskatoon, Sask.)
• A Dialectical Discussion with Self UponMeeting Her Husband's Mistressa Week After a Failed IVF Attemptby Una McDonnell (Wakefield, Que.)
• fromTHE BOOK OF SMALLERby rob mclennan(Ottawa, Ont.)
• Net LossesbyMarkMilner(Burnaby, B.C.)
• Postcards for my SisterbyAlessandraNaccarato(Salt Spring Island, B.C.)
• Home and Native LandbyHeather Nolan (St. John's, N.L.)
• SightingbyNolan Natasha Pike (Halifax, N.S.)
• Slicing Lemons in AprilbyMichelle Porter (St. John's,N.L.)
• Raising CanadabySwatiRana(California)
• Saying the Names ShantybyHaroldRhenisch(Vernon, B.C.)
• SistersbyAyeletTsabari(Toronto, Ont.)
• Sort of aCento: TheLabyrinthsbyMarkWagenaar(Grimsby, Ont./Texas)
• A Social History of Tone DeafnessbyRob Winger (Port Perry, Ont.)

The grand prize winnerwill receive $6,000 from theCanada Council for the Arts, attenda 10-day writing residency at theBanff Centre for Arts and Creativityand have their poetry published onCBC Booksand in Air Canada enRoute magazine.

Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Artsandhave their poetry published on CBC Books.

The finalists and eventual winner will be selected by the jury from this longlist.The 2017 jury is comprised of Rosanna Deerchild, Gary Barwin and Humble The Poet.The shortlist will be announced next week, andwinner will be revealed on Nov. 22, 2017.

The longlist was selected from more than 2,400 English-language submissions. There were more than 3,500 submissions in both English and French.

Thelonglistwas selected bya team of readers made up of writers and editors from across Canada. This year's team of readers was comprised of Guyleigh Johnson, Richard Kelly Kemick, Gwen Benaway, Raoul Fernandes, Nyla Matuk, Garry Gottfriedson, Adle Barclay, Owain Nicholson, Faizal Deen and El Jones.

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You can check out the French-language longlist here.

The 2016 CBC Poetry Prize winner was Michael Fraser for his poem African Canadian in Union Blue.

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The 2017 CBC Nonfiction Prize winner was Becky Blake for Trust Exercise.The 2017 CBC Short Story Prize winner was AlixHawley for Witching.

If you are interested in entering theCBCLiterary Prizes, the 2018CBCNonfiction Prize will open in January 2018.

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TheCBCLiterary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979.Past winners include MichaelOndaatje, Carol Shields, Michael Winter and Frances Itani.