Conyer Clayton

Conyer Clayton is a writer, editor, musician, and arts educator who lives on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe land. Their work spans poetry, essays, and criticism. They are a member of the poetry collective VII. Clayton's debut-era collection But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves won the Archibald Lampman Award and was shortlisted for the ReLit Award. We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite won the Ottawa Book Award. Their poetry, essays, and criticism have appeared in journals including Room, filling station, Arc Poetry Magazine, and The Capilano Review. A third poetry collection, the lake-shaped excuse, is scheduled for October 2026.