Jessie Fenton is a Poetry Idol winner, a national slam finalist, and a recipient of the Bernard Brown Literary Award. In 2018 she competed across North America, winning the famous Nuyorican Poetry Slam and the Vancouver Poetry Slam before becoming the University of British Columbia slam champion and competing in the Canadian National Poetry Competition. She's now the Auckland Regional champion, but Wellington is always in her heart
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