Two new awards with great prizes at the Phoenix Poetry Prize. These are aimed at illuminating the works of 2025 poets who we think deserve the same recognition as in previous years and more! www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/blog/phoenix...

You know who doesn’t have a rape academy? Bears.

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth Day 15 from @isabellawangbc.bsky.social ‘s Pebble Swing

I made the entire @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social launch line up! 🥳

Next in the mini book series, Elizabeth Bachinsky’s new book with Nightwood Editions! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

"Funny, sexy, bawdy writing like this is all too rare in Canadian poetry. Bachinsky’s work is a breath of fresh air, sure, but more importantly, her willingness to discuss such topics in no way diminishes the seriousness of her overall project." ~ Carellin Brooks thebcreview.ca/2026/04/12/2...

If folks know contacts for interviews, promo (cbc, quill and quire, do let me know.)

Poets, take note - a prize that wants to know what you think about prizes before they get started:

At the Phoenix Poetry Prize, the board invites everyone to participate in this NEW INITIATIVE. Thinking about prize culture and recent conversations in the community, we are launching our own bi-monthly feedback form (details and form in link). www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/blog/write-t...

Introducing the Phoenix Poetry Prize’s Board of Directors / Advisory Board. Read about this lovely group of humans here: www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/advisory-boa...

Happy Easter from the Phoenix Poetry Prize. Poets are good. Eat chocolate.

🚨Urgent Appeal from Gaza My young nephew has swallowed coins and urgently needs a medical procedure to remove them💔 His life is in danger, and we are unable to cover the treatment cost ($300) Time is critical🥺 Any help or sharing could make a difference for our child.🙏 chuffed.org/project/help...

In this wholesome collaboration with @themockler.bsky.social and Send My Love to Anyone, the Phoenix Poetry Prize shares the chaotic events surrounding our humble beginnings, more on the prizes and how they will be run, and our hopes and dreams. sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/interview-...

An invitation to poets and the community: As founder of the Phoenix Poetry Prize, Isabella Wang wants to know your opinions. Web survey below: www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/blog/an-invi...

The Phoenix Poetry Prize is proud to share our mandate. More than performative, this is a promise to the community. Thank you to our board members who contributed their time, expertise, and perspectives here! www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/about.html

Congratulations to Joseph Dandurand and Tom Wayman! I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU (Nightwood Editions) and Out of the Ordinary (Harbour Publishing) have been shortlisted for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The winner will be announced on April 21.

Sending poets love with mini bookshelves inspired by their books! This is Sanita Fejzić’s Refugee Mouth, published by Frontenac. More to come!

Make your voices heard like we are doing at the Phoenix Poetry Prize. and wait, if they start supporting Canadian poets again does the Phoenix poetry prize report them for impersonation? Or simply demand a copyright fee? 😂

In light of another poetry prize that we have absolutely NOTHING to do with putting out a call for public opinions, should we at the Phoenix make our voices heard?

PSA: Announcing the World's Smallest INTERNATIONAL prize for a Single book of Poetry The Phoenix Poetry Prize - an independent poetry prize with no other affiliations - is one of the world’s poorest poetry awards.

Welcome to a brilliant new day on the official Phoenix Poetry Prize, where the penguins are good and the poets are gooder. Despite the drama yesterday, some folks evidently not so happy that we wanted to support Canadian Poetry, we are determined to continue to support Canadian Poetry.

"This collection understands love as labor. As spellwork. As resistance. It understands motherhood— not only biological, but communal, ancestral, chosen— as a site of divine power.“ The Holy Ghost Lives In Her Laugh by Darius Phelps @drdphelps.bsky.social kithbooks.com/shop/p/inherlaugh

New poetry prize a/ not genocide-adjacent, and b/ not requiring a bullshit exclusionary entry fee/tax 👍👍📈

Good folks of the poetry internet, we are proud to announce that the Girffin Poetry Prize is ACCEPTING submissions for the 2027 prize season. Share, repost! girffinpoetryprize.weebly.com/call-for-sub...

Holding the responsibility of a community poetry prize, I have written a land acknowledgment thinking about what it means to acknowledge the land in a way that comes from the heart, in a way that honours and reflects what my community has taught me. girffinpoetryprize.weebly.com/land-acknowl...

Read Steven. W. Beattie's starred review of Kaie Kellough's latest book of poetry "Interposition" at the link: https://bit.ly/41rCNMb

This is so great.

this is giving me life and I adore it

Sharing the official website of the Girffin Poetry Prize. Please share, spread chaos and goodness. #girffinpoetryprize girffinpoetryprize.weebly.com?fbclid=IwZnR...

Okay so I could start a new bsky page for the Girffin, but I’m lazy. So maybe this can be both my personal page and the official Girffin page. What could go wrong?

Lovely @isabellawangbc.bsky.social set up this site in support of Canadian poets. I would love it if people could be in touch with her to help her build this into a solid foundation supporting Canadian poets, unlike the prize it parodies. #Canada #poetry girffinpoetryprize.weebly.com

Some context for people not familiar with, um, that other "Canadian" poetry prize. www.cbc.ca/arts/why-the...

Announcing a new Canadian poetry prize, the Girffin Poetry Prize. Annual prizes awarded to Canadian poets with love and appreciation from the community, starting in 2027. pls spread the word! List of awards and info on website. ⬇️ girffinpoetryprize.weebly.com

Launched in fall 2025, FASS English Alumnus Isabella Wang, introduces her second book of poetry, November, November, as a long lyric of grief. @sfuenglish.bsky.social

New piece on All Lit Up. It’s about the two kinds of grief that drove me to write November, November. One, following the death of Phyllis Webb, kept me prolific. Thank you to the editors for giving this piece space, and to my beautiful readers. alllitup.ca/under-the-co...

Finished a kinda meh book, so, very excited to start one of these (by @robmclennan.bsky.social and @isabellawangbc.bsky.social)

I’m going on strike because: - it might rain today - I’m out of seamless underwear - that’s it for now. That’s enough reasons.

Not well enough to submit to lit journals, or edit one. But I’d love to oversee / guide an issue on illness, chronic / long illness, and healthcare spaces. I have ideas.

Recently, over my birthday weekend, Christina and I read our books in the prettiest venue. And we loved everyone who came. @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social @christinashah.bsky.social

TONIGHT!! Join Isabella Wang, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the launch of 'November, November', and 'if: prey, then: huntress!' Hosted by Natalie Lim. 7 pm, Massy Books. 229 E. Georgia St. @massybooks.bsky.social Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/huntress-i... #poetry #booklaunch

Thank you to Patricia @massybooks.bsky.social for hosting @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for a dual launch! ❤️📕 It was a smash!! Full house!! What a fun evening. 🎉🌠Thanks @catwrites604.bsky.social for the great photos, and to Natalie Lim for being a splendid host! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

What a fun evening at @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social last Sunday! Thank you Samita for hosting @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the #newwest launch of our new books! Great turnout in a cool venue! Thanks @catwrites604.bsky.social for the lovely photos!

Quite disappointed of such little coverage on the experiences of students relying on student aid BC funding right now. Earlier this week, Student Aid went on strike, and everything including upcoming payments, appeals, and funding evaluations have been halted.

This chair is giving him entitled bad attitude problems.

So excited to be launching my book with Cristina Shah on the 22nd. It’s only a few days away and we would love to see familiar faces! The event will be hosted by Natalie Lim, at Massy Books, doors open 6:30. Registration below. @massybooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/huntress-i...

Look @mortabasi.bsky.social 😭

Oh to wake up reading rob mclennan's review of my book! This is so kind! And rob is kind to include several excerpts of November, November, for anyone looking to see a teaser! robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/isab...

A beautiful and thorough article, written by becky tu for Pancouver, on my latest book November, November. I am grateful for this piece. Come celebrate with me this month at Word Vancouver and @massybooks.bsky.social ! pancouver.ca/isabella-wan...

Signing copies at @massybooks.bsky.social !

"meanwhile i long grieved the passing of this new year and i in its sorrowful residence" #TodaysPoem #poetry from Passage 4 November 2022 by @isabellawangbc.bsky.social in November, November (2025 @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) harbourpublishing.com/products/978...