Surrey Muse Arts Society is delighted to announce the Longlist for the Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2023.
Longlist: Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2023
Afremov’s Melody of the Night by Leah Levy, Thornhill ON
Cement by Ivan Drury, Vancouver BC
con-versions by Daniela Elza, Vancouver BC
curios iv cascade – curios v: medicine by df parizeau, Vancouver BC
end bits by Dora Prieto, Vancouver BC
Fenestrate – NonSensical by Kyle McKillop, Langley BC
Glosa for the one who gathers grief – Water restrictions by Veronika Gorlova, Vancouver BC
HEAT WAVE – HEAT WAVE by Grace Kwan, White Rock BC
Ocean Gate by Nnadi Samuel, Quebec City QC
Ocean to Brave by Kaelin Sheridan, London ON
Outgoing Signals – Adaptation by Dale Tracy, Surrey BC
Skash Rock by Jessica Lee McMillan, New Westminster BC
War is Bad for Children by Sabyasachi Nag, Mississauga ON
what were you wearing when you were hate crimed by Catherine Lewis, Vancouver BC
winnow – ceremonies by Shauna Paull, Vancouver BC
The judges and jury members viewed the anonymous submissions from August 20 to October 20, and they each presented their six best selections producing the longlists. The First, Second and Third Place Winners and three Honorable Mentions will be announced on November 10th, and the awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 25 in Surrey, British Columbia. Each award promises $1000 for the First Place Winner.
Surrey Muse Arts Society is proud to have received over 203 submissions from 90 cities located in 12 provinces of Canada. We welcome all poets, writers, artists and musicians who made submissions to the 2023 Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards.
For Vera Manuel Award for Poetry, we are grateful to Judge Raoul Fernandez and Jury Members Deborah Vieyara and Carol Neuman for their valuable contributions to this year’s poetry contest. As well, this is the first time they would be seeing the names of poets they chose.
We are grateful to Canada Council for the Arts for funding Surrey Muse Arts & Literature Awards 2022. This year, we didnot receive all the funding required to run this project, prompting us to begin a Crowdfunding campaign to raise the prize money. Your support is urgently requested- a little from you will become a lot for this project. Click the link below to pitch in.
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