I am delighted to announce that Great Silent Ballad is among the ten books of poetry nominated by the Al Purdy A-Frame Association (APAFA) for the 2025 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.
According to the APAPFA:
The $10,000 prize honours the most outstanding new poetry book published in Canada in 2024 by an established poet with five or more traditionally published poetry books.
Laisha Rosnau, Sam Solecki, and Sid Marty (the inaugural 2024 prize winner for Oldman’s River: New and Collected Poems) formed this year’s jury.
The works longlisted for the 2025 Purdy Poetry Prize include:
The Astonishing Room by Brian Bartlett (Frontenac House)
In the Capital City of Autumn by Tim Bowling (Wolsak & Wynn)
Great Silent Ballad by A.F. Moritz (House of Anansi Press)
Scar Atlas by Colin Morton (Aeolus House)
A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje (McClelland & Stewart)
Moving to Delilah by Catherine Owen (Freehand Books)
The Salmon Shanties: A Cascadian Song Cycle by Harold Rhenisch (U of Regina Press)
Lossless by Matthew Tierney (Coach House Books)
Talking to Strangers by Rhea Tregebov (Véhicule Press)
How Can You Live Here? By Tom Wayman (Frontenac House)
The prize’s shortlist will be released on March 31, 2025. And the winner will be announced on the 25th anniversary of Al Purdy’s passing, April 21, 2025.
Read the announcement from the Al Purdy A-Frame Association.
Read the coverage on Quill & Quire.
View the original Press Release.
For more information about the Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize, visit the Al Purdy A-Frame Association or contact Fernanda Viveiros via email at prizecoordinator (at) shaw (dot) ca.