Smithers, B.C., poet wins emerging writers award
Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 10:42 AM ET
CBC News
Emily McGiffin, a 28-year-old writer from Smithers, B.C., has won the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The $5,000 award, given to an unpublished writer under age 35 for a sample of poetry, was presented Wednesday evening in Toronto.