Charlie Petch is a non-binary [1] Canadian writer and performer from Toronto, Ontario, [2] whose poetry collection Why I Was Late was the winner of the ReLit Award for Poetry in 2022. [3]
Principally a poet of spoken word, Petch was the founder of Hot Damn It's a Queer Slam and was Spoken Word Canada's poet of honour in 2017. [4] They have also written and performed a number of theatrical plays, most notably Mel Malarkey Gets the Bum's Rush. [2]
Why I Was Late is a 2021 poetry and biography collection by Petch that explores themes of queer love, loss, and survival. The book is a look at masculinity from the perspective of a transmasculine, disabled person who loves music, theater, and Star Wars. [5] [6] It won the 2022 ReLit Award for Poetry. [3]
Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2022 | Why I Was Late | ReLit Award | Poetry | Won | [3] |