32 writers make the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize longlist

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

The complete longlist is:

• Field Guide by Lisa Baird (Guelph, Ont.)
• Of by Sheri Benning(Saskatoon)
• Conversations with Niton, Have you ever fallen in love with a dayby Selina Boan(Vancouver)
• Pteropus: Fruit Bats by Yvonne Blomer(Victoria)
• The Tug of Warby Leah Callen(Regina)
• Field Notesby Sharon King-Campbell (St. John's)
• A Garden in the Rain by Dell Catherall (Vancouver)
• Another Sunday in a Square in Aleppo by Antony Di Nardo(Cobourg, Ont.)
• & this too by Tina Do (Vancouver)
• Where, Eh? by Veronica Gaylie(Vancouver)
• Three Body Problem by Chantal Gibson (New Westminster, B.C.)
• alley/bird/ally by Hiromi Goto(Victoria)
• Tickling the Scar by Matthew Hollett(Montreal)
• Self Portrait as Cassandra Reading the News by Kyla Jamieson(Vancouver)
• All My Questions Kneel Down by Katherine Lawrence (Saskatoon)
• Ballet for the Apocalypse by Christine Mazumdar(Montreal)
• Tucson Boots by Kathleen McCracken(Northern Ireland)
• Let's Not Bring The Will Into This by Amanda Merritt (Victoria)
• Lacuna and The Fisherman by Anna Moore (Victoria)
• She sits down to write the history of rain and suddenly the wild fall into order by Pamela Porter (Sidney, B.C.)
• Driver's Seat & Grief Knot by Kerry Ryan (Winnipeg)
• Origin by Kiana Rawji(Calgary)
• Learning to Count by Emily Riddle (Edmonton)
• Adipose Glose by Andrea Scott (Victoria)
• A pile of folded clothes by Troy Sebastian |nupqu akam (Victoria)
• Birthmark, Motherfieldby Diana Hope Tegenkamp(Saskatoon)
• Unseasonal, Stone Fruit, In the Tape, Athabascaby Owen Torrey(Toronto)
• On the Imminent Destruction of Portage Place Mall by Chimwemwe Undi(Winnipeg)
• Goalie by Ben von Jagow(Stockholm, Sweden)
• A Sichuan Diaspora Daughter's Kitchen by Yilin Wang (Vancouver)
• A Blue Filter by Sheryda Warrener(Vancouver)
• The Bones by Patricia Young (Victoria)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.