The Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is given to a mid-career poet in recognition of a remarkable body of work, and in anticipation of future contributions to Canadian poetry. All Canadian poets are considered.
The winner is selected by a three-member, independent judging panel and is announced annually at the Writers’ Trust Awards. The prize is generously sponsored by Latner Family Foundation.
“Weyman Chan’s urgent, unflinching, and redemptive poems span generations and geographies from Calgary to China,” said the jury. “Chan’s writing bursts with lyricism, wonder, and quiet ache. His poems are as concerned with notions of longing as with belonging. In Chan, we find a remarkable voice in Canadian poetry — necessary and distinct.”
2021 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize Jury (Shane Book and Gillian Sze)
“This generous and kind gift for poetry will be forever engraved on the landscape of my heart.”
Founded in 1972 by Albert and the late Temmy Latner, the Latner Family Foundation has been providing support to health care, education, social development, and the arts in the Greater Toronto Area.
