Poetry pays, in swag.
The Ottawa Public Library ran a contest from April 6-16. I tweeted about it. You can see the winning poetry tweets in English and French by myself, Amanda Earl, Adam Thomlison and JC Sulzenko at the Ottawa Poets A-Twitter Contest page. It was judged by the ever clever and well-read duo of rob mclennan and Christine McNair.
I got a call from the lovely library branch and received a thick envelope of mystery from the congratulating librarian.
I don’t know if they are all the same but I got a library bag, a notebook, a public library pen, a USB stick bracelet (very cool idea), a gift certificate for the used book sale and two books. One is an anthology of best of children’s poetry. Funnily enough the other is uncannily timed. It is a Vincent Massey Lecture by Stephen Lewis. We just went to a fundraising lunch to support his efforts to help those affected by HIV.