Issue Thirteen Contributors

Sarah Ebner Bowes

Sarah is a third-year Creative Writing student at Swinburne and aspiring author of short stories and novella. She developed a passion for...

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Lilanka Botejue

Lilanka Botejue is a Sri Lankan writer, archaeology buff & marketer with a love for music, traveling, nature and food. She is an...

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Jesse Fleming

Jesse Fleming is a Chicago-based writer, editor, musician, and activist. Her work has appeared in the anthology Minnesota’s Best...

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Hibah Shabkhez

Hibah Shabkhez is a writer of the half-yo literary tradition, an erratic language-learning enthusiast, and a happily eccentric blogger from...

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Joshua Klarica

Joshua Klarica is a writer from Sydney’s inner west. He recently finished up his Honours year studying English Literature at The...

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Matthew Goodall

Matthew Goodall is a writer and student currently completing a Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University....

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Juliette Salom

Juliette Salom (she/her) is a writer from Naarm/Melbourne currently studying Creative Writing at RMIT University. Her writing has been...

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Chloe Britton

Chloe has a Certificate IV in Professional Writing and editing, and is now studying the Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing. She...

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Peter Mitchell

Placed Second in the inaugural (2021) Lismore Creative Writing Award (Creative Nonfiction, ‘Death Sentence’), Peter Mitchell...

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Teneille Pedrina

Teneille lives in regional Victoria and is currently completing her Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne...

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Peter Loveday

Peter Loveday is a writer and singer-songwriter born in Toowoomba, Australia and living in Barcelona. Author of short story collections;...

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Alison Knight

Alison has written two novels, Peter Stone and The Close, and an anthology of stories. Her stories have also appeared in Pendulum Papers,...

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David Atkinson

David Atkinson is a Sydney-based poet who grew up in rural New South Wales. His poems have been published widely in magazines and...

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Magdalena Ball

Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, reviewer, interviewer, and is Managing Editor of Compulsive Reader.  She is the author of several...

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Devika Brendon

Devika Brendon is a teacher, editor, reviewer and writer of English Literature. Her poetry, short stories, and reviews have been widely...

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Jane Downing

Jane Downing has stories and poetry published around Australia and overseas, including in Griffith Review, The Big Issue, Antipodes,...

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Bill Cotter

Bill Cotter is a retired teacher who has been writing poetry and prose for almost forty years. His work has appeared in magazines and...

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