The 2023 CBC Poetry Prize results have now been announced. Keep scrolling to find out who won and check out some poetry-related content on CBC Books!

Kyo Lee writes about being a queer Korean Canadian — now she's the youngest ever CBC Poetry Prize winner

Kyo Lee, a high school student from Waterloo, Ont., has won the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize for her poem lotus flower blooming into breasts. She will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

The CBC Books fall reading list: 40 Canadian books to read this season

Need a good book to cozy up with this fall? Check out this list of Canadian fiction, nonfiction and poetry out right now, including Lorna Crozier's latest after that.

Discover the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award winners

The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — text, young people's literature — illustration, drama and French-to-English translation.

The poetry category award went to 2023 CBC Poetry Prize reader, Hannah Green, for her collection Xanax Cowboy.

24 books by past CBC Poetry Prize winners and finalists being published in 2023

Being a finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize can jump-start your literary career. Need proof? Here are 24 books being published in 2023 that were written by former CBC Literary Prizes winners and finalists.

CBC Books' writers to watch: 30 Canadian writers making their mark in 2023

CBC Books has announced this year's writers to watch list! Here are 30 Canadian writers on the rise in 2023.

Emily Riddle went from CBC Poetry Prize finalist to winning the $10K Canadian First Book Prize

Emily Riddle is a nêhiyaw writer who is a member of the Alexander First Nation (Kipohtakaw) in Treaty Six Territory. Riddle won the first-ever Griffin Poetry Prize Canadian First Book Prize for her debut poetry collection The Big Melt. 

She had previously made the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist and her CBC Poetry Prize entry, Learning to Count, is featured in The Big Melt.

Poet Barry McKinnon, who brought printing press and Margaret Atwood to pulp mill boom town, mourned

Barry McKinnon is credited with kicking off Prince George, B.C.'s literary scene and mentoring new writers. He died on Oct. 30. Read about his life and career.

The First Page student writing challenge is coming back in 2024!

The First Page is a national writing competition for Grades 7 to 12 students in Canada. Students are invited to write the first page of a novel, imagining how present-day issues and trends have played out 150 years in the future.