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Breaking Canadian poetry news

Sure, the headline is a tad tongue-in-cheek, but it’s fairly accurate to say poets are quite industrious. They get so much done in a day with very little recognition from outside the poetry world. So in addition to the Friday industry quotes round-up, here is Breaking Canadian Poetry News, volume 1.

• The International Festival of Authors has teamed up with Now magazine for the second annual Open Poetry Stage on March 31.
• Poet Randall Maggs won the 3rd Kobzar Literary Award at a gala in Toronto last night. The $25,000 prize is given to a writer who best presents a Canadian Ukrainian theme with literary merit.
• The New Quarterly has announced two new contests, including The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse contest. The winning poet receives $1,000.
• Geist teaches us how to write a Jackpine sonnet, a form invented by Milton Acorn.
• National Poetry Month 2010 is called Climate Changes.

Let Quill know about your breaking poetry news: zwhittall@quillandquire.com.

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