Joelle Barron

{{short description|Canadian poet and activist}}

Joelle Barron is a Canadian poet and activist, whose debut poetry collection Ritual Lights was published in 2018.Annick MacAskill, [http://plenitudemagazine.ca/rituals-of-healing-and-survival-in-barrons-ritual-lights/ "Rituals of Healing and Survival: A Review of Joelle Barron’s Ritual Lights"]. Plenitude, January 31, 2019. The book was a longlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 2019,Ryan Porter, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/league-of-canadian-poets-announces-2019-book-awards-longlists/ "League of Canadian Poets announces 2019 Book Awards longlists"]. Quill & Quire, April 1, 2019. and Barron was a shortlisted finalist for the Writers' Trust of Canada's 2019 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/joelle-barron-lindsay-nixon-casey-plett-named-finalists-for-5k-lgbtq-emerging-writers-prize-1.5125834 "Joelle Barron, Lindsay Nixon, Casey Plett named finalists for $5K LGBTQ emerging writers prize"]. CBC Books, May 7, 2019.

Barron, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, lives in Kenora, Ontario, where they are active as an organizer of the local LGBTQ youth group and the Kenora Pride festival."Kenora Pride announces dates". Lake of the Woods Enterprise, March 2, 2017.