jaye simpson (she/they) is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson is a writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in hope of creating utopia.

simpson’s work has been performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2017) in Peterborough, and in Guelph with the Vancouver Slam Poetry 2018 Team. simpson has recently been named the Vancouver Champion for the Women of the World Poetry Slam and their work has been featured in Poetry Is Dead, This Magazine, PRISM international, SAD Mag, GUTS Magazine and Room. They are in four anthologies: Hustling Verse (2019), Love After the End (2020), The Care We Dream Of (2021), and the forthcoming Queer Little Nightmares (2022).

their first poetry collection, it was never going to be okay was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award and a 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize Finalist, while also winning the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry in English. Their latest work is Queer Little Nightmares: An Anthology of Monstrous Fiction and Poetry that will be released on October 4th. For more info on the artist’s work, go to arsenalpulp.com