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the 2010 bpNichol Award Night

And the winner is... Alisha Piercy, for her entry, 'You have hair like flags, flags that point in manydirections at once but cannot pinpoint land when lost at sea', Your Lips to Mine Press.

Come and hear Alisha Piercy read from her fabulous winning entry along with some of our wonderful short-list finalists:

Mark Callanan, Sea Legend, Frog Hollow Press

Larissa Lai, Eggs in the Basement, Nomados

Aaron Tucker, Apartments, The Emergency Response Unit

Each year, the bpNichol Chapbook Award honors a Canadian poet with the best chapbook written in English and published in Canada. The prize is $2000 and the award is named after bpNichol who established the award along with Frank Davey for emerging poetss.  The purpose of the award was also to promote the small Canadian presses which normally publish such chapbooks

The Judges for 2010 are Bill Kennedy & Maggie Welwig. Thanks to them for their hard work and diligence in selecting both the short-list and this years winner.

We would also like to thank the bpNichol Chapbook Committee for all their hard work:

Dane Swan

Rocco de-Giacomo

Philip McKenna

A special thanks to all our sponors and supporters past and present.

Please join us. RSVP if you wish to let us know you are coming or just show up at the door. No entry fee. Bring your family and friends.  The presentation will begin at 7pm.

Natalie Capone natalie@pcwf.ca