Sally Ito is a poet and fiction writer. She was born in Taber, Alberta, and currently lives in Winnipeg. She has published two books of poetry, Frogs in the Rain Barrel and A Season of Mercy, and a collection of short stories called Floating Shore. Ito has also studied in Japan, and has done translations of contemporary Japanese poetry.
PUBLICATIONS:
A Season of Mercy. Madeira Park, BC: Nightwood Editions, 1999
Floating Shore. Toronto: Mercury Press, 1998.
Frogs in the Rain Barrel. Madeira Park, BC: Nightwood Editions, 1995.
AWARDS:
Howard O’Hagan Award for Best Short Story Collection by an Albertan for Floating Shore, 1999.
Short Listed for the City of Edmonton Book Prize for Floating Shore, 1999
Short Listed for the Danuta Gleed Award for Floating Shore, 1999
First runner-up, Milton Acorn People's Memorial Award Competition for Frogs in the Rain Barrel, 1997.
Short Listed for the Milton Acorn Poetry Prize for Frogs in the Rain Barrel, 1996
