CarolMacKay

Carol L. MacKay’s poetry for children and adults have been published in numerous anthologies and literary magazines, as well as broadcast on radio and television. She was awarded the Magazine Merit Award for Poetry by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in 2020 and has received numerous awards for her individual poems. Bird, Making No Sound is the first collection of her work to appear in book form. Carol has lived most of her life in Alberta, but is currently residing on Vancouver Island.

BOOKS:

Bird, Making No Sound: Collected Poems, Independently Published, 2024, 69 pages, softcover ISBN: 9780973984415.

Lily in the Loft, Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-927756-91-1 (Children's Picture Book)

Maxine's Markers, Warner Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1593179090 (Children's Activity Book)

ANTHOLOGY Appearances:

Across the Universe: Canadian Poetry Anthology 2024. Beret Days Press. A publication of the Ontario Poetry Society.

Spectral Lines, League of Canadian Poets Visual Poetry Chapbook, 2023.

The Ultra Best Short Verse 2023: A Canadian Anthology of Poetry. Beret Days Press. A publication of the Ontario Poetry Society.

The World Around Us: Canadian Anthology of Verse. Chapbook, Beret Days Press, 2023. A publication of the Ontario Poetry Society.

Poems in Your Pocket Collection: Featuring Winners of the VIRL's Poem in Your Pocket Contest, Vancouver Island Regional Library Creativity Commons, 2021.

YYC Pop: Poetic Portaits of People (Poet Laureate Project by Sheri-D Wilson), published by Frontenac House, 2020.

Life of Pie: Prairie Poems and Prose. Rollling Pins Press, 2020.

Alone but Not Alone: Poetry in Isolation. Vancouver Island Regional Library Creativty Commons, 2020.

Fire and Sky. Brydge Builder Press. 2016. 2 poems.

Memory & Loss. Ink Bottle Press. 2016.

The Absence of Something Specified. Fern Rock Falls Press (Oregon), 2016.

Shy: An Anthology. University of Alberta Press, 2013.

40 Below. Wufniks Press, 2013.

White Ink: Poems on Mothers and Mothering. 2007. Demeter Press. 2 poems.

Writing the Land: Alberta through Its Poets, House of Blue Skies Press, 2007. 3 poems.

Coming Up For Air. Cranberry Tree Press, 2002.

Threshold: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta. University of Alberta Press. 1999. Three poems.

Waiting For You To Speak. UnMon America Press/Mekler Deahl, 1999.

RADIO BROADCASTS:

CBC Radio-National Poetry Month 2008, CBC Alberta, various times April 2008, Scandinavian Picnic at Markerville.

CBC Radio – Alberta Anthology, November 1999. Round Trip: Six poems

MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS:

The Fiddlehead, Antigonish Review, Prairie Journal, Maelstrom, Crannog, Gaspereau Review, Existere, Red Berry Review, Paragon, Lichen, Watershed, The New Quarterly, Contemporary Verse II, Sea & Cedar, and others.

MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN:

Highlights, High Five, Ladybug, Cricket, Caterpillar (Ireland), Babybug, Spider, The School Magazine (Australia), Fun for Kidz, Boys' Quest, Zamoof.

-Finalist, 2024 Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society (SCWES) Book Awards, Poetry Book category, for Bird, Making No Sound, 2024.

-2023 Wine Country Writers’ Festival Contest, 1st Place, Poetry, “Maidenhair Fern,”

-Winner, 2020 Society of Children's Book Authors & Illustrators (SCBWI) Magazine Merit Award for Poetry for "Moving Day Villanelle," published in The Caterpillar, Summer 2019.

-Finalist, Next Generation Indie Awards, Regional Fiction, Lily in the Loft, 2019

-Winner, Dorothy Shoemaker Award for Poetry, 2012, –Leaving Long Term.”

-Winner, Surrey International Writerês Conference Poetry Award, 2009, –Writing the Prairie on Hornby Island.”

-2005 CBC Literary Awards, poetry category, shortlist finalist.

SCBWI, The League of Canadian Poets

• Children's Literature
• Historical Fiction
• Poetry

• Book Reviews
• Freelance Writing
• Readings - Youth
• Workshops - Adult