Gold Winner El Jones
Silver Winner Paul Vienneau
Bronze Winner Evan Coole
Don’t worry, Halifax, El Jones will be back. The award-winning spoken-word artist, professor and outgoing poet laureate left Canada this summer for the prestigious International Writing Program at the University of Iowa (eat your heart out, Hannah Horvath). Despite the success, the city isn’t far from her thoughts. “I think there’s a strong sense of community in Halifax,” she says, giving shout-outs to her fellow activists Evan Coole, iMove and the Uniacke Centre for Community Development. “You know the people you’re working with. You know what the goals are...I don’t feel that’s so strong elsewhere.”
| Nov 7, 2019
| Nov 1, 2018
| Nov 2, 2017
| Nov 3, 2016
| Nov 6, 2014
| Nov 7, 2013
| Nov 1, 2012
| Nov 3, 2011
Megan Leslie
| Nov 4, 2010
Muriel Duckworth
| Nov 5, 2009
Megan Leslie
| Nov 6, 2008
Susanna Fuller
| Nov 8, 2007
Chris Arsenault
| Nov 2, 2006
Chris Arsenault
| Nov 2, 2006
Elizabeth May
| Nov 7, 2002
Winner: Anne Derrick
| Nov 4, 1999
Winners: Janet Connors, Rocky Jones, Paul Gailiunas, Jane Kansas (tie)
| Nov 5, 1998
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