Cicely
Grace
Cicely Grace has a degree in English literature from the University of British Columbia. A finalist for the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize, her writing has appeared in Contemporary Verse 2, Pulp Literature, The Foundationalist, and The Garden Statuary. She was awarded second place in the Foster Poetry Prize and first runner up in the Magpie Award for Poetry. Grace lives in Vancouver.
Writers & Books
Award History
Jury Citation
“Simmering with mirthy sexuality and posing undeniable questions, Rather Her Clean is driven by an unabashed, unsparing voice. Cicely Grace deftly paints a timeless portrait of a woman and a worker in the city. With a flair for evoking the body’s un/cleanliness, this collection reads like a vicious vow — an ode to the ‘senseless and saturated agonies’ of the present.”—2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award poetry jury (Dallas Hunt, Matt Rader, and Sanna Wani)Works Recognized by WT