Chris Banks

Chris Banks (born 1970) is a Canadian poet.

Biography Born 1970, Banks grew up in Stayner, Sioux Lookout and Bancroft. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Guelph, before moving on to complete a Masters of Arts in Creative Writing from Concordia University and later a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario. Banks later began teaching at Bluevale Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ontario.

Banks' works include a chapbook, Form Letters (2002). His first full-length collection, Bonfires, was awarded the Jack Chalmers Award for poetry by the Canadian Authors' Association in 2004. Bonfires was also a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book of poetry in Canada. In 2023, one of his sonnets was published in The Walrus.

Awards and recognition 2004: Canadian Authors Association, winner of poetry award, Bonfires 2004: Finalist for Gerald Lampert Award for poetry, Bonfires 2006: Gowlings Literary Award