2025 FutureVersers and Shortlisted Candidates

Congratulations to these amazing poets from across the country! You can click on each poet to read a poem from them as well as their bio. This year we had over 1,200 submissions to VOICES/VOIX, so the competition was fierce. We were blown away by the talent, passion, and beauty of the poems submitted. The 16 FutureVersers will join us for an all-expenses paid 4 day poetry intensive in Vancouver, where they will work with celebrated poets and publishers.

The 2025 Poetry In Voice FutureVersers

Caden Baghbani

Thornlea Secondary School Thornhill, ON

Harmony Chen

St. Robert Catholic High School Thornhill, ON

Natalia Comeau

Charles P. Allen High School Bedford, NS

Charles Demers

École Polyvalente des Îles l'Étang-du-Nord, QC

Eva Dhar

Markham District High School Markham, ON

Jeremie English

École Secondaire Jules-Verne Vancouver, BC

Jonah Harris

Oskāyak High School Saskatoon, SK

Shaza Khattab

Halifax West High School Halifax, NS

Sarah-Jeanne Leclerc

Collège André-Grasset Montréal, QC

Julia Li

University of Toronto Schools Toronto, ON

Rizwan Moonbow

École Panorama Ridge Secondary School Surrey, BC

Amy Savciuc

All Saints High School Calgary, AB

Madeleine Semple

Martingrove Collegiate Institute Etobicoke, ON

Jacky Tang

St. George's School Vancouver, BC

Lilah Warren

Island Connected Nanaimo, BC

Teresa Wu

Bernice MacNaughton High School Moncton, NB

The 2025 FutureVerse Shortlisted Candidates

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