Canadian
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poet
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. Originally from
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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, she now lives in
Saskatoon
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,
Saskatchewan
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. She has published four volumes of poetry, the third of which, ''Nerve Squall'', won the 2006
Griffin Poetry Prize
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Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
and
Pat Lowther Award
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Legris has also twice been nominated for a
Pushcart Prize
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. She has been nominated for Best of the Small Presses Series, and in 2001 won ''
The Malahat Review
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s Long Poem Prize for ''Fishblood Sky''. Legris also received an Honourable Mention in the poetry category of the 2004 National Magazine Awards.
Legris served as Editor at ''Grain'' from 2008-2011.
Bibliography
Collections
*''ash petals'' (chapbook 1996)
*''Circuitry of Veins'' (Turnstone Press 1996)
*''Iridium Seeds'' (Turnstone Press 1998)
*''Nerve Squall'' (Coach House Press 2005) - winner of 2006
Pat Lowther Award
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin.
Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...
; shortlisted for the Saskatchewan Book Award
*''Pneumatic Antiphonal'' (New Directions 2013)
*''The Hideous Hidden'' (New Directions 2016)
*''Garden Physic'' (New Directions 2021)