Sarah Tolmie

Sarah Tolmie is a Canadian writer of speculative fiction and poetry. She is based in Waterloo, Ontario, where she is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo.

Works

Fiction

  • The Stone Boatmen - 2014
  • NoFood - 2014
  • Two Travelers - 2016
  • The Little Animals - 2019
  • The Fourth Island - 2020
  • Disease - 2020
  • All the Horses of Iceland - 2022
  • Sacraments for the Unfit - 2023

Poetry

  • Sonnet in a Blue Dress - 2014
  • Trio - 2015
  • The Art of Dying - 2018
  • Check - 2020

Awards

Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Ref.
Aurora Awards 2019 Best Poem/Song "Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld" Won
Crawford Award 2015 The Stone Boatmen Nominated
Griffin Poetry Prize 2019 Canadian The Art of Dying Nominated
League of Canadian Poets 2016 Pat Lowther Award Trio Nominated
Philip K. Dick Award 2020 The Little Animals Honored
Rhysling Award 2019 Long Poem "Ursula Le Guin in the Underworld" Won

References

  1. ↑ "Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Sarah Tolmie's best writing advice: Get away from the noise". CBC Books, May 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2019 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus. October 20, 2019. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Cho and Feldman Win Crawford Award". Locus. January 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brad Wheeler, "Dionne Brand, Eve Joseph and Sarah Tolmie shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize". The Globe and Mail, April 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Robertson, Becky (April 4, 2016). "Awards: League of Canadian Poets announces shortlists for annual poetry awards". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ Andrew Liptak, "Sarah Pinsker’s Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea Wins the 2020 Philip K. Dick Award". Tor.com, April 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2019 Rhysling Award Winners". Locus Online. July 29, 2019.