Every year, the Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize celebrates the winners and honorable mentions at an online event with Word Vancouver. Here is the recording of the 2026 event: https://www.wordvancouver.ca/blog/2026/9/14/nbspmuriels-journey-2026-poetry-prize-awards
DTES 1st The Cost of Home Ishkode Manidoowag 1st Just for Today Jane Harris 2nd 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
It's that time of the year again, year 8 of Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize. What's Muriel's Journey all about? Find out here PRIZE: First Prize $100 First Prize for a poem by a Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) contributor $100 Second Prize $50 Fortuna's Choice: $35 for a poem selected at random from the longlist of general entry poems All winners and honorary mentions will be published in Fire In The Heart, the Muriel’s Journey Chapbook for 2026. CRITERIA: Content: Shoul
Muriel Marjorie was a social justice activist, poet, and spoken word artist of Indigenous heritage from the Gitxsan nation's Owl Clan 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. Her energy was like fireworks, and her hugs legendary. Muriel died in November of 2018. At Muriel’s memorial at the DTES’ Listening Post, someone related that on he
