NEWS

05.2010Comments on my forthcoming book

06.03.2010Anna Yin won 2010 MARTY Awards

05.2010"The Map Home" won May Poetry Challenge

05.2010Poems were accepted on display at World Poetry Call for Poems for Li Po Event

04.18.2010Poetry In Motion event (dance and read poems )film clips)

03.17.2010Poem:After reading Ted Hughes’ ‘Full Moon and Little Frieda’” won the Poem-A-Day contest in public libraries of Cambridge, Ontario

02.10.2009Poem "Insomnia" was chosen as one of the winners of the February Poetry Challenge.

12.28.2009Three newly published poems in Chinese

12.28.2009Three newly published translation works

11.28.2009Tammy Ho's review for Raspberries

11.20.2009Raspberries is on Cha Magazine

10.20.2009Rain Poem won First Place (IBPC) for Oct 2009

June/12/2009 "Because of the Wind" was published on ezine

04.21.2009 Poetry Night at local library

03.09.2009 Poem "The Woman Within Her House" won Second Prize in the Mattia 12th International Poetry Competition.

03.15.2009 Anna Yin was a guest poet in Oakville to read ten poems.

12.15.2008 Poem "My father's family tree" won IBPC Second Place for November

12.10.2008Two sonnets were published on Rhythm Poetry

1.20.2008 "Confidence Bound" interview

12.31.2007 "Because of The Wind" & "Indigo Night" (Chinese and English versions) were published in "Ivy Poetry"

10.30.2007 Poem "Impression on Luo Fu" was published in "Selection of Contemporary Global Chinese Poems and Proses"

09.30.2007Poems in English & Chinese and translation for classic poems were selected in Textbook of Canada Study for international students by Humber Colledge.

02.10.2007 2007 TV Interview (Anna Yin was interviewed by Anny, ccetv.ca for a special chinese web TV site) Interviewing personal poetry journey and cultural reflection.

02.12.2006 Anna Yin's chapbooks Launch (Hosted by Ontario Poetry Society, a group of local poets attended)

12.15.2006 (Anna Yin's Poem Root Carving was in 2006 Honorable Mentions in 8th international Poetry by Mattia Family

12.15.2005 Anna Yin was interviewed by CBC Radio and "Toronto, No More Weeping" poem was aired

11.20.2005 2005 Fairchild TV interview (Canadian Chinese cable TV Fairchild record the interview at Anna's home.

02.15.2006 Anna was selected as CFP Feature Poet for Feburary (2006) by Canadian Federation of Poets.

09.20.2006 Anna's Review on book (published by Hammered Out in 2007).

03.15.2007 Anna's selected poems in coviews.com for comments.

04.15.2006 News and stories reported in Toronto's chinese newspapers.

Brief Biography

Anna Yin was born in China, immigrated to Canada in 1999 and has published more than eighty poems internationally. In 2005, Anna received the Ontario Poetry Society’s Ted Plantos Memorial Award. She was interviewed by CBC Radio for her poem “Toronto, No More Weeping”. Anna is a member of the Ontario Poetry Society and a Director of the Chinese Cultural Federation of North America. Anna was selected as “CFP Feature Poet” for February (2006) by the Canadian Federation of Poets. Her poems in English & Chinese and ten translations by her were in a Canadian Studies’ textbook used by Humber College. 2010 she won MARTY award for Emerging Literary Arts. She has three chapbooks in print: Jasmine Star Light, Beyond My Knowing & Farewell to Sunflowers (Chinese/English). Anna holds a Bachelor of Science degree from NanJing University and a Creative Writing Certificate from the University of Toronto. She works as an IT professional and lives in Mississauga. Contact: anna.yin@gmail.com .