Leah Horlick is a Canadian poet, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers in 2016.
She has published two poetry collections, Riot Lung (2012) and For Your Own Good (2015)."Sask. poets tell personal stories". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 8, 2015. Riot Lung was a nominee for the ReLit Award for poetry and the Saskatchewan Book Award in 2013,"Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers' Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2016. and For Your Own Good was named a Stonewall Honour Book by the Stonewall Book Awards. For Your Own Good was inspired by her experience of being sexually assaulted by her first girlfriend after coming out as lesbian, and finding a dearth of literature on same-sex assault to help her process the experience.
Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan."U of S exhibit helps highlight issue of modern slavery". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 27, 2007. She is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is co-curator with Estlin McPhee of the Reverb reading series for LGBT writers."Reverb co-curator honoured with LGBT emerging writer award". The Province, June 8, 2016.
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