Kayla Czaga | |
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| Born | 1989 |
| Occupation | poet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | For Your Safety Please Hold On |
Kayla Czaga (born 1989) [1] is a Canadian poet, who won the Gerald Lampert Award in 2015 for her debut collection For Your Safety Please Hold On. [2] The book was also a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language poetry, [3] the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize [4] and the Canadian Authors Association's Emerging Writer Award. [5]
Czaga graduated from the University of Victoria in 2011 with a degree in English and creative writing before pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia. [6] Her poetry has also been published in The Puritan, The Walrus , Room , Event , The Malahat Review and The Antigonish Review . [6]
Her newest poetry book, Dunk Tank, was published in 2019. [7]
