Team Members
Post Type Description
This year’s poetry judge was Sareh Farmand!
Sareh Farmand was born in Tehran at the start of the Islamic Revolution, and grew up in Vancouver, BC. Her first book of poems, Pistachios in my Pocket (At Bay Press, 2022),
Our non-fiction judge was Bill Arnott!
Bill Arnott is the bestselling author of A Perfect Day for a Walk and the Gone Viking travelogues. Recipient of Fellowships at Britain’s Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Bill’s a
Alexander Boldizar was this year’s fiction judge!
Alexander Boldizar has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, is a founding director of a circus charity, and was once challenged to a leg-wrestling contest by the founder of The
Meet Vi Hughes, our writing for children and young adults judge!
Meet Vi Hughes, our writing for children and young adults judge!
