Annually the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) Public Art Committee invites writers to submit original, unpublished poems for the Poet’s Pause poetry competition.
The poems are displayed at the two Poet's Pause sculpture sites in Alta Lake Park: the large metal chimes art piece titled "Lost in Sound" at the north part of the park and the giant Adirondack chairs titled "Lakeside Couple" at the south end of the park.
Poet's Pause is part of a public art concept created by the late Joan Baron, an artist who developed the two Alta Lake Park sculpture sites with the intention of inspiring creativity.
2022 Poets Pause Poetry Competition
The 2022 Poets Pause poetry competition is now CLOSED. Thank you to all the writers who submitted poems this year.
Congratulations to the 2022 poetry competition winners:
- Victoria Crompton’s “Seppo” was selected for the theme Listening.
- Diana Joy’s “Someone” was selected for the theme Togetherness.
For more information: 2022 Poet's Pause Poetry Competition Terms of Reference
- 2021 Winning Poems
- 2020 Winning Poems
- 2020 Meet me at the Lake - video
- 2020 The Eve of Destruction: December 26, 1980 - video
- 2019 Winning Poems
- 2018 Winning Poems
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