ottawa the real surreal, a poetry crawl
Ottawa, the real surreal: a poetry crawl
Saturday, September 12, 2026 1:30 to 3:30pm
with Manahil Bandukwala, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Amanda Earl & rob mclennan.
a League of Canadian Poets 60 events for 60 years event
with additional sponsorship by Bywords.ca.
Contact: amanda@amandaearl.com for inquiries or more details.
We will be collecting money for Cornerstone Housing for Women or you can donate directly: https://cornerstonewomen.ca/
LOCATIONS: We will spend approximately 15 to 20 minutes at each stop, in the following order: Book Bazaar, 417 Bank Happy Goat/Staples, 403 Bank The Great Canadian Poutinerie, 311 Bank Perfect Books, 258A Elgin Each poet will speak and read for approximately five minutes at each stop for a total of approximately twenty minutes at each stop.
Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Doors Open 1:30 pm
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Member of the League of Canadian Poets and the Writers' Union of Canada
2025 City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund for Established Writers
2024 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers; Beast Body Epic longlisted for the LCP Raymond Souster Award.
2023 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers
2022 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers.
2021 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers. City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund for Established Writers.
2020 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers; Winner of the October Arc Poetry Award of Awesomeness.
2019 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers; City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund for Emerging Writers
2018 Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant for Writers
2017 Winner of the 2017 Tree Chapbook Contest as judged by Stephen Brockwell
2016 - Member of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts
2016 - 2017 Member of Canadian Women in the Literary Arts (CWILA)
2016 City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund for Emerging Writers; Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grants
2014 to present Member of the League of Canadian Poets
2014 City of Ottawa Creation and Production Fund for Emerging Writers
2014 VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour Inductee along with spoken word artist, Danielle Gregoire
2013 Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Grant.
2012 City of Ottawa Creation & Production Fund for Emerging Writers; OAC WR Grants.
2011 OAC WR Grants; Shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Innovative Poetry Award for collaboarative manuscript with Sandra Ridley; Shortlisted for Geist's Magazines Erasure Poetry Contest
2010 OAC WR Grant.