Meet Calvin Wharton, our 2026 poetry judge

Calvin Wharton taught creative writing at Douglas College, where he was Department Chair and Editor of Event magazine. He has been published in Canada, the U.S., Wales, Sweden, and Denmark, served as Writer in Residence at the University of Wales, and had a Coracle Europe literary residency in Sweden. His books include a collection
of short fiction and two collections of poetry, most recently This Here Paradise.

Photo Credit and Description: Wiley Ho. A headshot of a White man with grey hair smiles into the camera against a backdrop of library shelves.

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