Past Contributors

April Stevens

Hi, I’m April, a Bachelor of Arts student at Swinburne and lifelong poet from the Yarra Valley. Nature and the emotional tides of my 20s...

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MK Zariel

MK Zariel (it/its) is a transmasculine neuroqueer poet, theater artist, movement journalist, and insurrectionary anarchist. It is fueled by...

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Wolfgang Wright

Wolfgang Wright is the author of the comic novel Me and Gepe. His short work has appeared in over fifty literary magazines,...

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Fariza Farid Memon

Fariza Farid Memon is an emerging Pakistani writer, who has done her Masters in English Language and Culture. Her works have appeared in To...

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Maria Griffin

  Maria’s writing has most recently appeared in Archetype, Slippage Lit, Ghost Proposal and in a collaborative essay in Runway...

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Peter Kaczmarczyk

Peter Kaczmarczyk, raised in Massachusetts, was willing to leave the comfort of Red Sox country when he learned there were Dunkin Donuts in...

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Grant Shimmin

After 30 years as a journalist/columnist, Grant Shimmin returned to poetry in earnest in 2022. He loves story, and humanity, and the...

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Rosalie Hendon

Rosalie Hendon (she/her) is an arborist living in Columbus, Ohio. Her work is published in Ravens Perch, Quibble Lit, Sad Girls Diaries,...

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Emmitt Barnes

Emmitt Barnes is a teacher and author based in San Bernardino, California. His work has been featured in Skateism Magazine and The Pacific...

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Isabelle P. Byrne

Isabelle P. Byrne is a published poet and award winning short film maker. Isabelle’s work delves into themes of identity, mental health,...

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Matthew Davis

Matthew is a chef that has been working in the ski resorts and suburbs of Victoria, Australia for almost 10 years. Now, with the plan to...

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Helene Berton

Native New Yorker Helene Berton has returned to her love of writing after a long hiatus.  She has two short story collections, ‘Away...

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Ravindu Paris

R.H. Paris is a literary studies student at Monash University with a passion for storytelling and theory. He has recently completed his...

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Karlo Sevilla

Karlo Sevilla is the author of seven poetry books. The most recent is the chapbook, ‘Recumbent’ (8Letters Bookstore and Publishing,...

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Aimee Fletcher

Aimee is currently completing the diploma of professional writing and editing at Swinburne. She has had a love for reading since she was a...

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Ryu Uesugi

Ryu is a writing student at Swinburne, born and raised in Melbourne’s south. From a young age he has held a strong love of contemporary...

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Eric Tian

Eric is a medical student from Melbourne that reads and writes to better understand the world. He is interested in psychiatry and the...

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Jon Culp

Jon Culp began writing in the high mountain desert of North Central Washington. He and his wife of 30 years now live in Bellingham where...

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Rose Saltman

Rose Saltman is an urban planner, writer and editor who lives in Sydney, Australia. She has a Master of Arts in Non-fiction Writing from...

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Ann Kathryn Kelly

Ann Kathryn Kelly writes from New Hampshire’s Seacoast region. She’s an editor with Barren Magazine, a columnist with WOW! Women on...

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Angela Fitzpatrick

Angela studied Creative Writing with the Open University and recently embarked on an MLitt with University of Glasgow. She is the editor of...

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Van Tran

Van is a student of Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne, and she is completing diploma at the end of this year. She loves reading...

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Laura Blakeley

Laura is currently undertaking a diploma of professional writing and editing at Swinburne university. A passionate story teller from a...

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Claire Baxter

Claire Baxter has lived in various suburbs in Melbourne, including Parkville, where the story is set. She has an interest in time,...

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Mark Mitchell

Mark J. Mitchell has worked in hospital kitchens, fast food, retail wine and spirits, conventions, tourism, and warehouses. He has also...

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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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Anne Collins

Anne Collins writes poetry and creative non-fiction. Her sixth book is collection of poetry and prose with Spanish themes titled Listening...

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Brody Carabott

Brody is an aspiring author and student of the Diploma of professional writing and editing. Brody has worked as an editor and website...

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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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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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