The Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award is given annually to the author of a work sustaining the tradition of a people's literature in Canada.
Linda Rogers of Victoria, British Columbia for Heaven Cake, Sono Nis Press
"Honesty and vitality combine with a fearless imagination in these poems."
Sandy Shreve of Vancouver, British Columbia for Belonging, Sono Nis Press.
"Feminist poet Sandy Shreve's third collection, Belonging, is woven with some intense family history and a gathering of extraordinary, compelling women."
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