Victoria's Catherine Greenwood is a finalist for the national CBC Poetry Prize.
Greenwood's poem, The Texada Queen, is among five English and five French entries selected from more than 2,300 poems sent from across Canada. Her poem examines "a father-daughter relationship - seen through the lens of a life-long profession," the CBC said Monday in a release.
Greenwood will publish a new collection of poetry, The Lost Letters, with Brick Books next year. Her first volume, The Pearl King and Other Poems, was a Kriyama Prize notable book. She's also received the Bliss Carmen Prize and the National Magazine Gold Award for poetry.
Two other B.C. poets are also among the English-language finalists: Emily McGiffin of Smithers for Stikine Country, and Marion Quednau of Mission for Yesterday, I Looked Inside.
The other English-language finalists are Stephanie Bolster of Montreal for Long Exposure, and Sadiqa de Meijer of Kingston, Ont., for Great Aunt Unmarried.
The grand prize winner will be announced Sept. 25. The winner receives a $6,000 award and a twoweek writing residency at the Banff Centre. The other finalists each receive $1,000.
The jury for this year's CBC Poetry Prize is Patrick Lane, Dennis Lee and Julie Bruck.
