Ali Blythe

{{short description|Canadian poet and editor}}

Ali Blythe is a Canadian poet and editor. He is author of a trilogy of books exploring trans-poetics: Twoism (2015), Hymnswitch (2019), and Stedfast (2023), two of which were finalists for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/finalists-announced-for-2016-bc-book-prizes/article29092635/ "Finalists announced for 2016 BC Book Prizes"]. The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2016. In 2017, he was recipient of an honour of distinction for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers.[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/05/kai-cheng-thom-eva-crocker-and-ali-blythe-nominated-for-lgbtq-emerging-writers-prize.html "Kai Cheng Thom, Eva Crocker and Ali Blythe nominated for LGBTQ Emerging Writers Prize"]. CBC Books, May 17, 2017.

A graduate of the University of Victoria, he is the former editor of the literary magazineThe Claremont Review.

He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://vallum.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/featured-interview-ali-blythe/|title=Featured Interview: Ali Blythe|last=Staff|first=Vallum|date=2018-06-27|website=Vallum: Contemporary Poetry|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}