Biography

Renée M. Sgroi, PhD, is a poet and novelist whose work continues to garner attention.

She won Runner Up in the UK's erbacce poetry prize, and her debut poetry collection, life print, in points, is due out in fall 2020 with erbacce-press. Her poetry has appeared in The Prairie Journal, Prairie Fire, The Banister, Fresh Voices, Verse Afire, as well as poetry anthologies published by Beret Days Press.

In 2018, Renée edited the poetry anthology, Written Tenfold (Poetry Friendly Press).

She is an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets, a member of the Canadian Authors Association, a member of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers, the past president of the Brooklin Poetry Society, and a member of The Ontario Poetry Society.

Selected Publications

• life print, in points, (forthcoming, erbacce-press)
• Written Tenfold, editor (Poetry Friendly Press, 2018)

Selected Anthologies

• Infinite Passages, (TOPS) 2020
• The Banister, Niagara Poetry Anthology, 2019
• Open Heart 13 Anthology, (TOPS) 2019
• Written Tenfold, (Poetry Friendly Press) 2018
• The Banister, Niagara Poetry Anthology, 2016
• Scarlet Thistles, (Beret Days Press) 2014
• Crossing Baldwin, (Beret Days Press) 2013

Awards

• Title of Anthology, The Ontario Poetry Society, 2022.
• erbacce poetry prize (UK), Runner Up, 2020
• Fish Poetry Prize (UK), longlisted, 2020
• The Banister, Honourable Mention, 2019
• The Guernica Prize, shortlisted, 2019
• Open Heart 13 (TOPS), Honourable Mention, 2019
• Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Contest, Shortlisted, 2019
• The Golden Grassroots Chapbook Contest, Honourable Mention, 2019
• The Banister, Honourable Mention, 2018
• The Banister, Judge's Choice and Honourable Mention, 2016
• Open Heart 10 (TOPS), Honourable Mention, 2016
• The Banister, Honourable Mention, 2015