Sarah Ens (born 1992) is a Canadian poet and editor from

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Career

Ens began publishing poetry in the 2010s. Her first collection of poetry, ''The World is Mostly Sky'', came out in 2020 with

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. Her second work, ''Flyway'', is a

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published in 2022. Her collection ''The World is Mostly Sky'' was a finalist for the 2021

McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award The McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award is associated with the Manitoba Book Awards and was established in 1988. It is presented to the Manitoba writer whose adult English language book is judged the best written. The author receives a cash awar ...

and the Landsdowne Prize for Poetry in 2022. She has edited and copy edited works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and also works as a publicist at

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Press. Her book ''Flyway'' won the 2023

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for poetry."2023 ReLit Awards winners announced"
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'', October 2, 2023. ''Flyway'' was also a finalist for the 2022

and the

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Personal

Raised in Landmark, Manitoba, Ens studied

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at the

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and completed an MFA in writing at the

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. She is married to graphic novelist

Jonathan Dyck Jonathan Dyck is a Canadian graphic novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Dyck began publishing comics in the 2010s, including publication in The Walrus ''The Walrus'' is an independent, nonprofit Canadian media organization. It is mult ...

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Writers from Winnipeg 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets Mennonite poets Canadian Mennonites University of British Columbia alumni University of Saskatchewan alumni 1992 births Living people People from Eastman Region, Manitoba Poets from Manitoba {{Canada-poet-stub