Doyali Islam is a Canadian poet. She is most noted for her 2019 poetry collection ''heft'', which was a finalist for the 2020

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...

. Her poems have appeared in a number of literary magazines including

The Kenyon Review ''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, home of Kenyon College. ''The Review'' was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959. ' ...

Online and

The Fiddlehead ''The Fiddlehead'' is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick. It is the oldest Canadian literary magazine which is still in circulation. History and profile ''The Fiddlehead'' was establis ...

, and in a number of anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry and The Manifesto Project. Her first poetry collection, ''Yusuf and the Lotus Flower'', was published by Ottawa small press BuschekBooks in 2011. She has been the poetry editor of

Arc Poetry Magazine ''Arc Poetry Magazine'' is a triannual literary magazine established in 1978, publishing poetry and prose about poetry. History ''Arc'' was started in 1978 by Carleton University professors Christopher Levenson, Michael Gnarowski and Tom Henigh ...

, and the editor of ''Write'', the

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's member magazine.Conan Tobias
"Q&A: Doyali Islam, Write magazine's new editor"
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'', December 7, 2017.

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* 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women poets Poets from Toronto Living people 1984 births {{Canada-poet-stub