Bruce Rice

Bruce Rice has published three books of poetry. His most recent collection, The Illustrated Statue of Liberty (Coteau, 2003), has been nominated for the City of Regina Book Award. He also received Grain Magazine's 2002 Anne Szumigalksi Award for the best poem or sequence published in Grain that year. Excerpts were also performed in Regina at Globe Theatre's On the Line series in 2001 and 2002.

Bruce's first collection, Daniel, received the 1989 Canadian Authors Association Award. Descent Into Lima, his second book, was published by Coteau in 1996. His work has appeared on CBC Radio and in magazines such as Grain, Fiddlehead, Canadian Author and Bookman, Prairie Fire, Event, and NeWest Review. It has been anthologized in 100% Cracked Wheat, 200% Cracked Wheat, 2000% Cracked Wheat, and Heading Out: the New Saskatchewan Poets (all Coteau), Beyond Boarders (Turnstone/Twin Rivers Press), and Facing the Lion (beacon Press). He has also collabrated on several poetry performances.

Prairie Fire has called his work "a poetry of defiance." The CAA judges said, "[Rice] portrays life's hardships with an elegance and simplicity of language which is stunning."
Bruce is a member of the League of Canadian Poets and has served as President and Vice-President of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild.

Awards
Canadian Authors Association Poetry Collection, 1989.
Anne Szumigalski Award, Grain Magazine, 2002.
John V. Hicks Scholarship, Saskatchewan Summer School of the Arts.
Saskatchewan Writers Guild Literary Award (twice).
Saskatchewan Book Award - City of Regina Award, 2003.

Selected Publications
Daniel. (Cormorant Books, 1988) ISBN 3: 0-920953-34-4.
Descent into Lima. (Coteau Books, 1996) ISBN 11-55050-097.
The Illustrated Statue of Liberty (Coteau, 2003) ISBN 1-55550-268-9.

Selected Anthologies
Open Windows. (Quarry Press, 1988).
Beyond Borders. (New Rivers/Turnstone Press, 1992).
200% Cracked Wheat. (Coteau Books, 1992).

Books in Print
Rice, Bruce
Daniel. Cormorant Books, 1988. $8.95 ISBN: 0-920953-34-4.
Descent into Lima. Coteau Books, 1996. $9.95 ISBN 1-55050-097-X.
The Illustrated Statue of Liberty (Coteau, 2003).

Bruce Rice, Regina, Saskatchewan.
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