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bonny CD @bonnycd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I also had some other reviews out this summer, one on Loch Baillie’s “River Running” with @cv2magazine.bsky.social and one on Derek McCormack’s reissued “Dark Rides” in @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social’s “The Minute Review.”

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New online review of Horses by Jake Skeets! Dawn Macdonald writes, "Skeets seems to see a vast pattern that weaves through time, connecting human and animal, the ancestral and the descendent." Read it here! contemporaryverse2.ca/reviews/hors...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Holy!! 💫Our incredible judge Hollay Ghadery has been nominated for the Giller Prize!💫

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Besides, what's worth more than quality time between you and your notes app? There's just 2 weeks left to submit by the Early Bird Deadline: October 1st!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We're honoured to have 3 of our poets recognized in Best Canadian Poetry 2027, edited by Tolu Oloruntoba! These 3 poems were published in the Fall 2025 issue of CV2: “Car Nation” by Terese Svoboda “We Go Down to the Sea of Myrrh” by Jade Wallace “Safranal” by Ata Zargarof Congrats to these poets!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

✨We are eager to announce that this year’s Foster Poetry Prize judge is the thoughtful, skilled and talented Hollay Ghadery! ✨

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

CV2 is very sorry to share that a poem we published in our most recent issue, Vol.49.1, is a work of plagiarism. The piece in question plagiarizes the poem “Another Poem About My Father” by Kayla Czaga, originally published in 2014 in her debut collection, For Your Safety Please Hold On. 🧵 (1/)

Text graphic with a black background, beige text, and two small lines ending in small circles framing the text. Text: CV2 is very sorry to share that a poem we published in our most recent issue, Vol.49.1, the summer 2026 issue, is a work of plagiarism. The piece in question, detailed in the next portion of this statement, plagiarizes the poem “Another Poem About My Father” by Kayla Czaga, which was originally published in 2014 in Kayla’s debut collection of poetry, For Your Safety Please Hold On.

Text graphic with a black background, beige text, and two small lines ending in small circles framing the text. Text: We hereby formally retract the poem titled “Another Poem about My Father”, which appears on page 18 of Vol.49.1 of CV2 Magazine, and which is, on that page, and in the issue’s table of contents, attributed solely to the person who submitted it to us, Kathleen Champoux. The poem we published uses the title, structure, and many near-identical phrases to ones that originated in Kayla’s poem

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Amber Goodwyn @ambergoodwyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New poem out now in @cv2magazine.bsky.social The Summer Issue! If you enjoy this sonnet, join the online reading this coming Tuesday to hear me read it (along with some other poems) 👠👠

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Announcing: the readers for our Summer Issue launch! We're so excited to be joined by: @sharmavivivek.bsky.social , @ambergoodwyn.bsky.social , Catriona Wright, Jacob Alvarado, Grace R. Taylor, and Sydney Mayes! Aug. 11th / 7pm CDT. Free to attend! Get the link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🤩Take a look at the Summer Issue!🤩 Resplendently decked in lush cover art by Hannah Doucet, the new issue brings a fresh crop of poems and reviews ripe to sweeten a rainy day or serve as your next substance-rich-beach-read! 🍎 ⛱️☀️ Get your copy: contemporaryverse2.ca/issues/summe...

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Amber Goodwyn @ambergoodwyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ll be reading new poems! Join us xo

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Summer Issue launch! The new issue is here and she is 🌼VIBRANT🌼 Our online poem party carries zero risk of sunburn and will feature readings from some of this issue's fantastic contributors! Tuesday, Aug 11th at 7pm CDT on Zoom. Free to attend. Get your invite: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The 2026 2-Day Poem Contest Winners!! We're thrilled to announce this year’s winners, as selected by our judge Sarah Wolfson, our editors, one of our editors' moms, and you! Congrats to Dessa Bayrock, @cincinnatusc.bsky.social , @jadeyuliu.bsky.social , Natalie Rice, Hayley Clin, and Tea Gerbeza!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It's true - it really could be you 👀 Give us the honour 🎖 submit your work! There’s plenty of time to submit by the Early Bird Deadline: October 1st.

Text graphic with a green background and the following text in a green and pink font. Text: Might as well be you. The Foster Poetry Prize awards $1000 to the single best poem by an emerging poet of any age. Grand Prize $1000 and Publication in CV2 plus 3 honourable mentions! Early bird deadline: October 1. Final deadline: November 1.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Announcing: the nominees for the 2026 2-Day Contest People's Choice Award! We need your help to choose a winner for the People's Choice category! Follow the link to read the four finalists and pick your favourite. Voting closes Friday, July 17th at 11:59pm CT. contemporaryverse2.ca/vote-for-the...

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ARP Books @arpbooks.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

“If this paratactic process is notable for having a sort of punk rock accessibility, it won’t surprise readers to find there is both a strong anticapitalist momentum and a thrilling musicality permeating the collection” Read a great review of Cam Scott’s MANOR’S RANSOM in the latest issue of CV2

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

✨️New review!✨️ "We are the children of love stories; we are also the children of migration shaped by geopolitics. Always both at the same time." Aris Keshav reviews Qaf's People by Sadiqa de Meijer. Read it here! contemporaryverse2.ca/reviews/qafs...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Don't miss the Spring Issue launch! We're celebrating our beautiful new issue with readings from our wonderful contributors: Hajer Requiq, talah ezzedin, Kennedy Willier, Max Maclean, Ain Khan, and Zoe Dickinson! Free. June 2nd at 7pm CST on Zoom. Get your link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Join us for the launch of the Spring Issue! The new issue is full of fresh poetry and reviews and includes the winners of the 2025 Foster Prize! Celebrate with us June 2nd at 7pm CST on Zoom. Free to attend - follow the link below to get your invite! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Happy spring, readers The world is a mess, but that’s nothing new Luckily, we still have poetry And luckily, the poetry still has you Thank you, poets Thank you, readers We love you all CV2 Join us on Zoom June 2nd @ 7pm CST for the launch of the Spring Issue! Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Take a look at these gorgeous totes we screen printed! You can pick one up at our poetry party this Friday in the Exchange! Join us for live music, poetry readings, and cake! Friday, May 1st 6:30PM doors / 7:00PM readings Video Pool - 2nd Floor, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

And that is a WRAP on the #2DayContest2026 ! Thank you so much for your participation, and we hope to see you again next year!!

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jade y. liu @jadeyuliu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

my poetic assistant is really sleeping on the job as i give this year's #2daycontest2026 poem my last polish! but she's full of pizzazz so i guess it's alright. thanks for another fun weekend @cv2magazine.bsky.social! i think this one might've been the hardest one yet!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#2DayContest2026 The deadline is inching closer! Which of the 10 words did you find the most challenging this year?

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Kim Mannix @kimmannix.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is Newton, my 'writing buddy' @cv2magazine.bsky.social. So far his only advice for the #2DayContest2026 has been 'maybe try napping.'

A grey tabby cat sleeps on a circle with his paw covering his face. He is on a chair covered by a light blue fleece blanket.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Attention poets!! Where in the world are you working from? Share your workstation for the #2DayContest2026 !

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg @shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 18/04/2026

This is my third year participating in the #2DayPoem2026 contest with @cv2magazine.bsky.social . I've got a solid first draft so think I will have a walk to let it simmer, then come back to tweak for a second draft.

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chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

woke up early, looked at the @cv2magazine.bsky.social 2-day poem words, decided to go back to sleep. i wasn’t ready for this shit.

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🪦 Ghoulian Grave 🪦 @julianday.ca · 18/04/2026

I planned to get up early. My older dog beat the alarm by 15 minutes. Laundry, dishes, coffee, and now settling in to the @cv2magazine.bsky.social #2daypoemcontest. I had a few ideas over the week, I think one of them'll work with the words.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Ready, set, WRITE! The 2026 2-Day Contest has begun! This year's words are zugzwang, deipnosophist, ululation, solivagant, pizzazz, funk, sniffishness, express, clam, and bone. #2DayContest2026 Good luck 😈 and get writing!!!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Announcing: the readers for our Poetry Month Wrap Party! We're so happy to be joined on May 1st by some of the wonderful Winnipeg-based contributors whose work appeared in CV2 this past year! Friday, May 1st 6:30PM doors / 7:00PM readings Video Pool Media Arts Centre, 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg

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Jon Lai @jonjlai.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I am participating in the 2-Day Poem Contest this weekend! I will do my best to represent the mountain time zone.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Registration for the 2-Day Contest is now closed. We'll see you all this weekend! Words will be posted as well as emailed out. In the meantime, you may want to take some inspiration from last year's second place winner, kerry rawlinson! @kerryrawli.bsky.social shares her process below.

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Last-minute tips from our contest judge! Sarah Wolfson won first place in 2025 and, as per tradition, will be judging this year's contest! Today is the last chance to sign up! Don't miss out! contemporaryverse2.ca/2-day-poem-c...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

2-Day Contest insight from @sarahens.bsky.social ! Read Sarah's advice below, and sign up for the contest by April 13th to participate! contemporaryverse2.ca/2-day-poem-c...

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

✨️Contest tips from a 2-time 2-Day champ!✨️ Dessa Bayrock won the coveted Editor's Mom’s Choice Award in 2025, and First Place in 2022! You can read Dessa's most recent winning poem in the Fall 2025 issue or on our website!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

We are incredibly pleased to announce the winner of our 3rd and final 2026 Mini 2-Day Contest!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Announcing: CV2's Poetry Month Wrap Party! We were heartbroken when our December holiday/birthday/anniversary extravaganza had to be cancelled (Winnipeg weather strikes again), but we’ve regrouped for "take two" of our dream party, to (slightly belatedly) celebrate a fruitful 50th year!️️

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

💭When you're in the thick of the fever dream that is writing - it can get pretty lonely!💭

Photo ID: Blue text on a pink background, reading "2-Day Poem Contest April 17th-19th 2026. Registration deadline April 9th. Somewhere between a puzzle, a sprint and a fever dream. Publication, accolades, sweet, sweet cash. 48 hours, 10 words, 1 poem"

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Welcome to the final 2-Day Poem Contest warm-up round, today only! Follow the instructions below to play along. ✨3 words, 6 hours, 1 winner✨ 12pm-6pm CT✨ Words: gnathic teapot abrade ✨Ready, Set, Write! ✨

ID: Blue graphic graphic with pink text. Text - gnathic, teapot, abrade. Ready set write!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

✨CONTEST ALERT✨ Here's hoping spring is in your step as much as it is sprung in your pen! ✒️💐

ID: pink text on blue background: "2 Day Mini Contest. This Saturday from 12 - 6 pm."

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We are thrilled to announce the winner of our 2nd 2026 Mini 2-Day Contest! Medrie Purdham is our winner, for “Suddenness Lullaby" written using the words “fervent,” “balter,” and “wraith.” Follow the links in our bio to read the poem and register for the 2-Day Contest!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

That's all for today's mini contest! Stay tuned for the winner, to be announced this coming week!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

It’s Mini Contest Time! Welcome to the second 2-Day Poem Contest warm-up round, today only! Follow the instructions in the thread below to play along. 3 words, 6 hours, 1 winner! 12pm-6pm CT Words: Fervent Balter Wraith

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

One month away! Are you registered yet? Details here! contemporaryverse2.ca/2-day-poem-c...

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