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SIAT instructor Chantal Gibson wins poetry award
Article originally appeared in the (date: May 11, 2020).
announced its 2020 Poetry Awards winners this week and Vancouver鈥檚 was one of the honourees.
The local writer and SIAT instructor was awarded the . The award is given to Canadian women writers and comes with a $2000 prize.
Gibson鈥檚 winning collection of poetry is titled and is her first collection. That book has also earned many other award nominations including the prestigious that will be announced on May 19. 鈥淚 am very, very excited and grateful! It鈥檚 an honour for me, Caitlin Press in tiny Half Moon Bay, B.C., and my brilliant editor and cheerleader Canisia Lubrin,鈥� said Gibson. 鈥淢ostly, it鈥檚 a win for us, the beautiful Black women inside the book and those women who鈥檝e championed it.鈥�
Along with writing Chantal teaches writing and design communication in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology.
Read the full article featuring comments from Chantal Gibson via the .