| | There's nothing like a deadline! | | | | | "There's a point to where there might be that impulse to put your work out there and to connect and to give yourself that challenge too.
"I think just to see it as a personal challenge and opportunity for growth — to see the prize is a deadline — and to hone what you think is your best poem to make it the best it can be.
"That in itself is an accomplishment: that crafting will have taught you something that then you can carry on to your next poem.
"So nothing's wasted; it doesn't always have to be the outcome of the prize, it can be the participation in putting your work into that place. Also, nothing like a deadline!" | | | Catherine Graham is a poet and novelist from Toronto. She was one of the jurors for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize. Her books include Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric, which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award and the Toronto Book Award and won Fred Kerner Book Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We're Dead is her latest book. Graham teaches creative writing and leads the Toronto International Festival of Authors Book Club. | | |
| | | | | | | Authors Shani Mootoo, Garry Gottfriedson and Emily Austin will be judging the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize. They will be selecting the shortlist and the winner of this year’s prize! | | |
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