After a long winter, dive into spring with a collection of new poetry by Canadian authors like Lorna Crozier, Catherine St. Denis, and Angela Waldie. These great poets and many others contribute to a new issue of Arc that Jenna Butler says blends “clear seeing and hope.”
The Spring 2026 issue of Arc Poetry Magazine contains the latest Diana Brebner Prize-winning poem, two How Poems Work articles, eye-catching collages by visual artist Paul Henderson, and new poetry from our 2024 – 2025 Poet-in-Residence, plus so much more!
In This Issue
Arc 109 brings you:
- The winner and honourable mentions of our 2025 Diana Brebner Prize
- Our 2024 – 2025 Poet-in-Residence feature, which includes writing by mentees who workshopped their poems with T. Liem
- New poems by Lorna Crozier, Jay Ritchie, Elena Sénéchal-Becker, Andy Weaver and more
- How Poems Work columns examining writing by Matsuki Masutani and Damian Rogers
- Katia Grubisic’s translation of a sequence of poetry by Diane Régimbald
- A feature-length review of the latest selected poetry collections for Margaret Atwood and Gwendolyn MacEwen
Visual art inside and on the cover of this issue is provided by Sackville-based artist Paul Henderson.
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