This unique poetry prize celebrates the legacy of Downtown Eastside poet-activist Muriel Marjorie by requiring community activism by entrants as its only submission fee. Join us as the winners of the fourth annual Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize are announced and the winning authors read their poems.

Location: Online

Type: Poetry, Reading

Sponsored by:

Host: Isabella Mori

Readers: Downtown Eastside 1st prize The Cost of Home Ishkode Manidoowag

1st prize Just for Today Jane Harris

2nd prize The Orchard Kamila Rina

Fortuna’s Choice This Conversation Never Happened Natalie Lanoville

Honorable mentions Fraser River 1973 Marie Cocking

The wings to be cut Diem Okoye

First Born Antoinette Cheung

On Holding the Line Ishkode Manidoowag

About The Host

Isabella Mori

Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize honours the memory of Muriel Marjorie, an Indigenous social justice activist, poet, and spoken word artist who spent a lot of time in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In her work, she always explored new ways of expressing herself, always talked and wrote about what’s urgent and important. The prize celebrates lively, outspoken ideas and the poets’ sense of community – the “entry fee” consists of poets showing how they contribute to their community. This year’s reading features winners Richard Sitoski, Phoenix Winter, Atma Frans and Eileen Wiscombe, and honorable mentions CE Hoffman, Phyllis Cherret, Diana Hayes and Jessica McMillan. Judges were Susan Cormier, Candie Tanaka, and George Honesty Jr. Each year, Three Ocean Press publishes a chapbook, "Fire From The Heart". The attached image features the 2023 chapbook. MC: Isabella Mori, prize founder.