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Bren Simmers

Bren Simmers is the author of four poetry collections and a wilderness memoir. She has received the Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, the CBC Poetry Prize, and The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize. Simmers’ latest collection, The Work, won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and was a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award and the J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award. Simmers lives on Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island).

Writers & Books

Award History

Jury Citation

“Bren Simmers is a poet and the author of five books, including the poetry collections Hastings-Sunrise, If, When, and The Work, which was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. Her writing often examines community, environment, and connection to place. Simmers has also received awards from Arc Poetry Magazine, the CBC Literary Prizes, and the Federation of BC Writers, and her work has been widely anthologized. She lives in Prince Edward Island.” —2025 Latner Griffin Poetry Prize jury (Jenna Butler, rob mclennan, and Chimwemwe Undi)

Works Recognized by WT