Carielyn Tunion-Lam (she/they) is a writer, videopoet, educator, and cultural worker. She has worked in the arts & cultural sector, the community services sector, and has experience using creative strategies in grassroots community organising. Carielyn is the recipient of the inaugural WSU Antigone Kefala Memorial Prize. Carielyn is interested in exploring themes of radical softness […]

Reha Mohammad was born in Afghanistan and grew up in Ghor, where he finished his schooling. He graduated as Bachelor of Arts in Dari/Farsi Literature and Humanities at Herat University. In Kabul, he taught Farsi literature in private schools and contributed essays to Hasht e Subh and other national print media. He came to Australia […]

Brittany Bentley is a poet and writer who is living, working and creating on Yugambeh Country. She is currently studying Creative Writing and English literature at the University of Queensland. Her work has been published in Meanjin.         Salt, Sink, Surrender There are days when I forget how to breathe, and so, I […]

Jill Jones’ most recent book is How To Emerge (Vagabond Press, 2025). Her previous book, Acrobat Music: New & Selected Poems, was short-listed for the 2024 John Bray Poetry Prize, long-listed for the 2024 ALS Gold Medal and commended in the 2023 Wesley Michel Wright Prize. Her work has been widely published in most of the leading literary […]

Diane Fahey is the author of sixteen poetry collections, most recently The Light Café (Liquid Amber Press, 2023) and Sanctuaries (Puncher & Wattmann, 2024). She has received various awards and fellowships for her poetry, including the ACT Government’s Judith Wright Prize, and been short-listed for six other major book awards. Her poetry has been published widely in Australia and […]

Ben Hession is a disabled writer, living on Dharawal country (Wollongong), south of Sydney, Australia. His poetry has been published in Eureka Street, the International Chinese Language Forum, Cordite Poetry Review, Mascara Literary Review, Bluepepper,  Marrickville Pause, The Blue Nib, Live Encounters: Poetry and Writing, Antipodes and Don Bank Live Poets anthology Can I Tell You A Secret? […]

Christian Hanz Lozada aspires to be like a cat, a creature that doesn’t care about the subtleties of others and who will, given time and circumstance, eat their owner. He wrote the poetry collection He’s a Color, Until He’s Not. His Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated poetry have been published in Bamboo […]

Amy Bodossian is an acclaimed cabaret spoken word icon and published poet known for her blend of whimsy, wit, and heartfelt storytelling. With appearances on ABC’s Spicks and Specks and Please Like Me, and performances at major festivals like Big Day Out and Woodford Folk Festival, she has earned awards such as the Green Room Award […]