Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.
The Montreal Prize is a not-for-profit, global poetry initiative aimed at connecting poets across national and regional borders. It is run by the Department of English at 捆绑SM社区, in recognition of the department鈥檚 distinguished history as a centre for the creation and study of poetry. The Montreal Prize was founded by 捆绑SM社区 alumnus Asa Boxer with the aim of channelling the potential of twenty-first-century grassroots crowdfunding into the creation of poetry. Seven competitions have taken place since 2011, judged by poets Andrew Motion, Don Paterson, Eavan Boland, Michael Harris, Yusef Komunyakaa, Lorna Goodison, and, this year, A.E. Stallings. The current director is Professor Eli MacLaren, and the operations manager is doctoral candidate Martin Breul.
All finalists will be included in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2024, to be published under the Signal Editions imprint by V茅hicule Press of Montreal in the winter.