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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 2d

This issue contains poems from 1975 - 1999 alongside new work from current and emerging poets. (We'll keep it coming in our Fall Issue, with reprinted poems from 2000-2020.) To read the missing halves of these snippets, get your copy or subscribe on our website!

CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 2d

Daphne Marlatt's enigmatic "in passing" first appeared in a beautiful issue from 1982 entitled A Sacred Mosaic: Spiritual Poetry in Canada, and the haunting "Mother and I Walking" by Lorna Crozier comes from the Saskatchewan entry in a series from the 80s that each feature a different province.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 2d

Have you seen our Summer Issue yet?

With only a precious one or two copies of our earliest issues left, we feel so lucky to have a window back to the 1970's to see this special 50th Anniversary issue's archival poems in their original context.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

ID: "Announcing our 2025 Foster Poetry Prize judge: jaye simpson. Final Deadline: November 1." Green backdrop with a headshot of jaye and two of her poetry books.

CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

The Foster Poetry Prize is open to emerging poets, which we classify as anyone who has not yet published a full-length collection of poetry (chapbooks are fine!) Follow the link in our bio to submit.

The Foster Poetry Prize is funded in part by the Manitoba Arts Council @mbartscouncil

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

The Foster Poetry Prize awards $1000 and publication in CV2 Magazine to the author of the single best poem submitted to the contest. Second and third place winners and an honourable mention will receive publication in CV2 and $350, $250, and $150, respectively.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

she is a displaced Indigenous person resisting, ruminating and residing on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations territories, colonially known as Vancouver.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

They appear in: Hustling Verse (2019), Love After the End (2020), The Care We Dream Of (2021), and Queer Little Nightmares (2022). Their 1st poetry collection, it was never going to be okay won the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Poetry in EN. a body more tolerable, is her 2nd book of poetry.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

jaye simpson (she/they) is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson is a writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in hope of creating utopia.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 6d

✨We are so fortunate to announce that this year’s Foster Poetry Prize judge is the brilliant and luminous jaye simpson! ✨

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Sep 2

One month until the early bird deadline!

Are you an emerging poet who has not yet published a full-length poetry collection? The Foster Prize awards $1000 and publication in CV2 to the 1st place winner!

Submit by Oct. 1st to include an extra poem. More info: contemporaryverse2.ca/foster-poetr...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Aug 27

Summer Issue Launch TOMORROW!!

We're so excited to announce our line-up of readers for the launch of the Summer 2025 Issue of CV2!

Join us August 28th at 7pm Central Time for this free online event. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨In honour of our 50th anniversary issue, we’ve been wandering through the archive. This issue brings back gems from M. NourbeSe Philip, Larissa Lai, and many more brilliant voices. ✨
📖 Join us this Thursday at 7pm for the launch! Register through the link in bio!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · Aug 6

Can you believe our 2025 Fiction Contest closes in less than a month?! Don't miss your chance to submit!

This year's contest is being judged by Anuja Varghese.
Prize: $2000 + Publication
Deadline: September 2, 2025
Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...

A purple graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Fiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Spin the tale only you can tell. Enter our 2025 Fiction Contest. Deadline September 2, 2025! Enter via Submittable. Judged by Anuja Varghese. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest/fiction or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of loop of purple rope and in the lower right corner is a picture of Anuja Varghese.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Aug 25

You're invited to the launch of the Summer issue! This special extended issue features archival poems from CV2's first 25 years and new work from emerging poets celebrating their first print publication!

Aug. 28th, 7pm CT on Zoom. Free, but registration is required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...