Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2020) Winner
Arielle Twist
アリエル・ツイスト
Arielle Twist
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- George Gordon First Nation, Saskatchewan
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Saskatchewan → Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- poet, multidisciplinary artist, sex educator
- Active Years
- 2017-2024
- Affiliations
- Venus Envy, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
- Influenced By
- Kai Cheng Thom, Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Nominations
- National Magazine Award (Shortlisted) 2019, Pushcart Prize (Nominated), Publishing Triangle Award (Finalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCAD University | Graduate Studies | Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design programme | MFA (candidate) | — | Canada |
OCAD University
Graduate Studies
/ Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design programme
Degree:
MFA (candidate)
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dayne Ogilvie Prize | Disintegrate / Dissociate | — | Writers' Trust of Canada | Won |
| 2020 | Indigenous Voices Award | Disintegrate / Dissociate | English Poetry | Indigenous Voices Awards | Won |
| 2019 | Artist Recognition Award | — | Indigenous Artist Recognition Award | Arts Nova Scotia | Won |
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
2020
Work:
Disintegrate / Dissociate
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
Won
Indigenous Voices Award
2020
Work:
Disintegrate / Dissociate
Category:
English Poetry
Organization:
Indigenous Voices Awards
Result:
Won
Artist Recognition Award
2019
Category:
Indigenous Artist Recognition Award
Organization:
Arts Nova Scotia
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Disintegrate / Dissociate
2019 poetryA poetry collection of 38 poems focusing on human relationships, death, and metamorphosis. Examines themes of colonization, kinship, displacement, transmisogyny, love, loss, grief, and dissociation.
lovelossgriefdissociationcolonizationkinshipdisplacementtransmisogyny
Bibliography
- Disintegrate / Dissociate
- What It's Like to Be a Native Trans Woman on Thanksgiving
- On Translating the Untranslatable
- Soakers
- Rework
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rawconfrontationaleloquent
- Recurring Motifs
- dissociationtraumametamorphosis
Health
-
dissociationUsed as a way to cope with trauma
Legacy
Emerging Cree (Nehiyaw) transgender poet from Canada, acclaimed for her raw poetry on identity, grief, and Indigeneity. Winner of Dayne Ogilvie Prize and Indigenous Voices Award.
Quotes
-
It feels like the most vulnerable thing I have ever done
Source: Brennan McCracken interview (2019)
Trivia
- Two-Spirit transgender woman.
- Nehiyaw (Cree) from George Gordon First Nation.
- Mentored by Kai Cheng Thom.