Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award on October 14, 2025 6:30pm in Ottawaa

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Bywords.ca 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award on October 14, 2025 6:30pm in Ottawaa

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Event: Oct 14, 2025 | 07:30 AM (EDT)

Amanda Earl hosts the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award reading and ceremony. Bywords.ca will be launching After all this hurt , Mahaila Smith’s chapbook with readings by this year's John Newlove Poetry Award recipient and honourable mentions, and music by Benoît Christie.

Bitter angst and dark irony riddle this poem and the poem knows it. This is why the twist of something tender at the end is so welcome

— Concetta Principe, judge for the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award on the winning poem. 
A poster with the text for the 2025 John Newlove Poetry Award featuring Benoit Christie, Mahaila Smith and ?, the 2025 Newlove Award Recipient to take place on October 14, 2025 at 6:30 pm at Club Saw, 67 Nichols. Sits: Bywords.ca and WritersFestival.org. Logos: Bywords, Ottawa International Writers Festival and the City of Ottawa Photos of Benoit Christie on the guitar outside, Mahaila Smith wearing mirror sunglasses in front of a brick building.