Jason Stefanik is a Canadian poet."Winnipeg poet Jason Stefanik 'still absorbing the shock' of Governor General's Award nomination"

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Manitoba, October 6, 2018. He is most noted for his 2018 poetry collection ''Night Became Years'', which was shortlisted for the

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry This is a list of recipients and nominees of the Governor General's Awards award for English-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was divided.2018 Governor General's Awards The shortlisted nominees for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 3, 2018,"Here are the finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards"

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, October 3, 2018. Raised in the

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region of

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, Stefanik is based in

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. He was a founding member of the city's neither/neither arts collective, and has taught creative writing workshops for inmates at the

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21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male poets Writers from Winnipeg Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Poets from Manitoba {{Canada-poet-stub