Jason Christie's glass / language / untitled / exaltation (2022) shortlisted for the 2023 bpNichol Chapbook Award

congratulations to author Jason Christie, whose chapbook glass / language / untitled / exaltation (2022) is shortlisted for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award! hooray! and will you come to hear him on Monday? this is actually Jason's third time on the shortlist, after his Cursed Objects (2014) made the 2015 shortlist, and his Government (2013) made the 2014 list! and with this, it means that above/ground press has had titles (sometimes even two on the same list) on half a dozen shortlists now! that is pretty cool, yes? here's what Meet the Presses posted as part of their announcement!

Congrats to the 2023 bpNichol Chapbook Award Finalists

Meet the Presses is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 bpNichol Chapboook Award. Please join us in celebrating the following chapbooks and supporting the authors and presses that made them happen! In not particular order:

Light Years — Laboni Islam — baseline press

The Lake – James Lindsay – knife/fork/book

glass / language / untitled / exaltation – Jason Christie — above/ground press

Third State of Being — Cassidy McFadzean — Gaspereau Press

I Need Not Be Good — kitchen mckeown — Rahila’s Ghost Press

Thank you so much to the two judges for this year’s award, Alice Burdick and Betsy Warland for their care and generosity with this year’s slate!

You can find out the winner at our Literary Indie Market, taking place as part of the Ampersand Literary Festival. The Eventbrite (which includes the schedule) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nd-festival-and-indie-lit-market-tickets-686326429827?aff=oddtdtcreator . You can also get more information through Facebook: https://fb.me/e/1bPyEPHSp .