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Jillian Christmas is a Canadian poet from Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] She is most noted as the 2021 winner of the League of Canadian Poets' Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for spoken word poetry.[2] Her published debut collection, The Gospel of Breaking, was also a shortlisted finalist for both the Gerald Lampert Award and the Pat Lowther Award in the same year.[3]
She is a former artistic director of Vancouver's Verses Festival of Words.[4]
She identifies as queer,[1] and won the 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Canadian writers.[5]
References
- ^ a b Tom Sandborn, "Book review: Jillian Christmas’s poems to break your heart, break open the world". Vancouver Sun, May 16, 2020.
- ^ Charlie Smith, "Vancouver poet Jillian Christmas and UBC creative writing professor Ian Williams win national awards". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2021.
- ^ Ryan Porter, "League of Canadian Poets announces shortlists for 2021 Book Awards". Quill & Quire, April 15, 2021.
- ^ Dana Gee, "Verses Festival of Words speaks volumes for wide ranging expression". Vancouver Sun, April 12, 2018.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Jillian Christmas wins $10,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire, June 24, 2021.
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