What is a box garden, if not rooted rootlessness? And what else might a prose poem be, but a box for seeding the language of flowers? In this shorthand account of self-consciousness, in which lanky lines à la sestinas slalom a chain of chockablock text, the speaker is swathed in a Québécois troupe from whom he’s also excluded.
Congratulations to Vallum’s chapbook award winners 2025!
Vallum is so pleased to congratulate the winners of this year’s Chapbook Award!
Congratulations to all three poets for their outstanding work.
2025 Vallum Chapbook Award Shortlist
We’re honoured to share the shortlist for the 2025 Vallum Chapbook Award.
Each manuscript: a world. Each poet: a force.
Thank you to all who submitted.