Bren Simmers\u0027 Spell World Backwards crowned champ out of 2200 entries
The Vancouver native who now calls Charlottetown home topped a field of 2,200 entries with her poetry collection Spell World Backwards.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The 2022 CBC Poetry jurors Armand Garnet Ruffo, Megan Gail Coles and Hoa Nguyen, in a statement said this about Simmers’ poems:Article content
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