Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers
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Edition 10 (2016) Winner
Leah Horlick
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Rīa Hōrikku
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Nationality
- カナダ人
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan → Vancouver, British Columbia
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 2012-2024
- Nominations
- ReLit Award nominee for poetry (Riot Lung, 2013), Saskatchewan Book Award nominee (Riot Lung, 2013)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Saskatchewan | — | — | — | — | Canada |
University of Saskatchewan
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dayne Ogilvie Prize | — | LGBT Emerging Writers | Writers' Trust of Canada | winner |
| 2016 | Stonewall Honour Book | For Your Own Good | — | Stonewall Book Awards | honour |
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
2016
Category:
LGBT Emerging Writers
Organization:
Writers' Trust of Canada
Result:
winner
Stonewall Honour Book
2016
Work:
For Your Own Good
Organization:
Stonewall Book Awards
Result:
honour
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Riot Lung
2012 poetry collectionPoetry collection, nominee for the ReLit Award for poetry and the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2013.
personal stories
For Your Own Good
2015 poetry collectionPoetry collection named a Stonewall Honour Book. Inspired by her experience of being sexually assaulted by her first girlfriend after coming out as lesbian, and finding a dearth of literature on same-sex assault.
sexual assaultsame-sex assaultlesbian experience
Bibliography
- Riot Lung (2012), For Your Own Good (2015)
Legacy
Canadian LGBTQ poet who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT emerging writers in 2016. Originally from Saskatoon, currently based in Vancouver.
Trivia
- Born in Saskatoon. Currently based in Vancouver. Co-curator of the Reverb reading series for LGBT writers with Estlin McPhee.