Talk about a tower of song! Ontario's poetry publishers have generously donated a copy of each of their Spring 2011 releases — and you could be the lucky winner of this towering stack of new Canadian poetry.
Here's a look at the collections included in the prize pack:
- Ashland (ECW Press) by Gil Adamson
- Methodist Hatchet (House of Anansi Press) by Ken Babstock
- Civil and Civic (ECW Press) by Jonathan Bennett
- Wore Down Trust (Pedlar Press) by Michael Blouin
- Love Figures (Insomniac Press) by Sam Cheuk
- Processional (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) by Anne Compton
- Small Mechanics (McClelland & Stewart) by Lorna Crozier
- The Cure is Forest (Guernica Editions) by Desi Di Nardo
- Casanova in Venice (The Porcupine's Quill) by Kildare Dobbs
- A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People (Coach House Books) by Gabe Foreman
- outskirts (Brick Books) by Sue Goyette
- Match (Coach House Books) by Helen Guri
- Some Frames (Cormorant Books) by Jack Hannan
- Sharawadji (Brick Books) by Brian Henderson
- &: A Serial Poem (Fizhenry & Whiteside) by Daryl Hine
- Marrow, Willow (Pedlar Press) by Maureen Hynes
- Folk (McClelland & Stewart) by Jacob McArthur Mooney
- Origami Dove (McClelland & Stewart) by Susan Musgrave
- Complete Physical (The Porcupine's Quill) by Shane Neilson
- A Doctor Pedalled Her Bicycle Over the River Arno (House of Anansi Press) by Matt Rader
- Paramita, Little Black (Guernica Editions) by Suzanne Robertson
- Dance, Monster! (Insomniac Press) by Stan Rogal
- Undercurrents: New Voices in Canadian Poetry (Cormorant Books) edited by Robyn Sarah
- The Truth of Houses (Brick Books) by Anne Scowcroft
- Is (McClelland & Stewart) by Anne Simpson
- Girlwood (Brick Books) by Jennifer Still
- The Anatomy of Clay (ECW Press) by Gillian Sze
- No End in Strangeness (Cormorant Books) by Bruce Taylor
- The Other Side of Ourselves (Cormorant Books) by Rob Taylor
- Oyama Pink Shale (House of Anansi Press) by Sharon Thesen
To enter, send an email to contests@openbooktoronto.com with the subject heading "Poetry Prize Pack" and tell us the name of your favourite Canadian poet. Contest closes on April 30th.
Check back with Open Book throughout National Poetry Month for other titles in the prize pack and profiles of the poets behind them.