Sonia’s poem, “Don’t Look”, was selected as one of 54 shortlisted poems for the 2020 Montreal International Poetry Prize, a contest that challenges poets from around the world to submit a poem of 40 lines or fewer for a winning prize of $20,000 CAD.

“Don’t Look” begins with a moral dilemma that triggers a confrontation with unspoken shame. Find out more and hear Sonia read the poem here. The poem will appear alongside the other shortlisted poems in the forthcoming Montreal Prize Anthology.