Kayla Czaga
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Kayla Czaga | |
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| Born | 1989 (age 36–37) |
| 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]
Both her second collection of poems, Dunk Tank, and her third, Midway, were finalists for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. [7]
