Cecily Nicholson is the author of four books, a past recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. She has held the Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer in Residence at Simon Fraser University, and Writer in Residence at the University of Windsor. She works in gallery education, teaches at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and collaborates with community impacted by carcerality and food insecurity.
Winner 2015 BC Book Prize: Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
Winner 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-Language Poetry
Winner 2015 BC Book Prize: Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
Winner 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-Language Poetry