Category Bios

Samantha Sirimanne Hyde was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in the unceded land of the Wallumedegal people in NSW. She holds an M.A. in Creative Writing, has published free verse, short fiction and a novel, The Lyrebird’s Cry.…

Carl Walsh is a neurodiverse poet who lives and writes in Northcote on Wurundjeri Country. Carl’s poetry has appeared in StylusLit, Westerly, Rabbit, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Wales Haiku Journal and Meanjin (amongst others). His first book of poetry, Tarp Green…

Veronica Troup is an emerging poet who lives and writes on unceded Boonwurrung Country. Her writing examines ideas of women, invisibility and place. In 2024 she was longlisted for The Grieve Project, Hush Foundation & Liquid Amber Poetry Prize. She…

Maria Bonar’s poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in Creatrix, Award Winning Australian Writing, Catchment – Poetry of Place, Rochford Street Review, BootsnAll, numerous anthologies and online publications. A former CEO, social health researcher and parole officer,…

Hemat Malak is an accountant and poet, writing from Picton, NSW. She writes on themes of identity, motherhood and life. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Quadrant Magazine, Rattle, Rochford Street Review, Catchment and anthologies including WestWords…

wanda amos lives in Old Bar, NSW. Her haiku and tanka have been published in several online blogs, forums and journals. Now retired, she enjoys travel, beach and bush walking, photography and haiku writing. Her Websites: wandas wandarings on Facebook…

Stephanie Powell is a poet based in Naarm Her latest collection is Invisible Wasp (Liquid Amber Press, 2024). Short-listed for the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards Poetry Prize, she is the recipient of the 2024 Woorilla Poetry Prize. atticpoet.com

Rob McKinnon lives in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. His poetry has been published in Meanjin Quarterly, under the same moon: Fourth Australian Haiku Anthology Forty South Publishing, and other online and print journals. He has been nominated for Best of…

Pat Saunders is from Perth, Western Australia and is a runner-up in this year’s Sejong International Sijo Competition. Her poetry appears in Verge and redrosethorns. Her short fiction features in the recently released anthologies The Heart Will Find A Way,…

Tuyet Van Do lives in Melbourne, Australia.  She loves arranging flowers, painting, poetry and writes whenever inspiration strikes. Her work has appeared in various publications both online and in print. She was nominated for the Touchstone Award for Individual Poems…