Sarah Ens (born 1992) is a Canadian poet and editor from

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Career

Ens began publishing poetry in the 2010s. Her first collection of poetry, ''The World is Mostly Sky'', came out in 2020 with

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. Her second work, ''Flyway'', is a

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published in 2022. Her collection ''The World is Mostly Sky'' was a finalist for the 2021

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and the Landsdowne Prize for Poetry in 2022. She has edited and copy edited works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and also works as a publicist at

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for poetry."2023 ReLit Awards winners announced"
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'', October 2, 2023. ''Flyway'' was also a finalist for the 2022

and the

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Personal

Raised in

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, Ens studied

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at the

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and completed an MFA in writing at the

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Writers from Winnipeg Writers from Manitoba 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian women poets Mennonite poets Canadian Mennonites University of British Columbia alumni University of Saskatchewan alumni 1992 births Living people People from Eastman Region, Manitoba {{Canada-writer-stub