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January 15th, 2026
Vancouver Island Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Born of Salt & Silence
by Kohl Lawson
(Courtney, British Columbia, Canada)
January 15th, 2026
Chaos
by Stephen G. Lloyd
(Masset, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada)
January 15th, 2026
Are You There, Trees?
by Casey Bloom
(Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
September 15th, 2025
After the Curtain Falls
by Shinsaku Ashida
(Tokyo, Japan)
September 15th, 2025
Laundry Room
by Breanna Scott
(Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)
May 15th, 2025
Westwood Lake – A Pastoral Elegy
by Lawrence Winkler
(Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada)
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