Bruce Rice is a previous Saskatchewan Poet Laureate, an essayist, and editor living in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 4 Territory and the Métis homeland. He grew up in Prince Albert and returned to the province after ten years in the Maritimes. Bruce holds a B.A. from Saint Thomas and a MSW degree from Dalhousie University. Bruce writes about community, reclaiming the voices of those who live on the margins, and how we are transformed by landscape even as we leave our footprints on it. He has a children’s book and six books of poetry. His awards include two Saskatchewan Book Awards, and a Saskatchewan Book of the Year nomination. Bruce has collaborated with artists on performances incorporating dance, music and film. Rice’s first book, Daniel, won the Canadian Author’s Association Award. The Judges said, “[Rice] portrays life’s hardships with an elegance and simplicity of language which is stunning.” His work ranges from social document and critique to meditations on art, landscape and wilderness. He says, “I became a better poet when I surrendered to beauty.”