Leah Horlick is a

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poet, who won the

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for

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writers in 2016. She has published two poetry collections, ''Riot Lung'' (2012) and ''For Your Own Good'' (2015)."Sask. poets tell personal stories". ''

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'', August 8, 2015. ''Riot Lung'' was a nominee for the

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for poetry and the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2013,"Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize"
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'', June 8, 2016. and ''For Your Own Good'' was named a Stonewall Honour Book by the Stonewall Book Awards. ''For Your Own Good'' was inspired by her experience of being sexually assaulted by her first girlfriend after coming out as lesbian, and finding a dearth of literature on same-sex assault to help her process the experience. Originally from

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, she was educated at the

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. She is currently based in

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, where she is co-curator with Estlin McPhee of the Reverb reading series for LGBT writers."Reverb co-curator honoured with LGBT emerging writer award". ''

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'', June 8, 2016.

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