Steve McOrmond


Steve McOrmond is a Canadian poet. He was born in Nova Scotia and grew up on Prince Edward Island.
His work has appeared in literary magazines in Canada, Australia and the UK, and has been anthologized in Breathing Fire 2: Canada’s New Poets and Landmarks: An Anthology of New Atlantic Canadian Poetry of the Land. He has received several awards for his poetry including a ‘Highly Commended‘ award in the 2005 Petra Kenney International Poetry Competition, 2nd prize in This Magazine‘s Great Canadian Literary Hunt, the Alfred G. Bailey Prize and the Milton Acorn Poetry Award. His first book of poetry Lean Days was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award. His second collection of poems is Primer on the Hereafter. He lives in Toronto with his wife Janet McOrmond.

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