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Paris Through Dutch Eyes
By Deni Baxas The rain pelted down against the French doors, creating a soothing rhythm that should be putting Freya to sleep. She had her hands pressed against the glass, the…
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Up Cannibal Mountain
By Reece Pye He keeps his eyes on it even though he is driving, that smooth grey crest protruding from the earth like an ancient monolith. He does this because he…
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Raindrops
By Sam Huffer She always has a problem with me cutting my hair short. Mum knows I have to force the water to stay in the bath, that washing my long…
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Miscommunication
By Jessica Murdoch ‘Can’t you see that everything I do is for you?’ Lily muttered under her breath. Her mother wouldn’t hear her. It seemed the skin irritation that’d been spreading across her back and shoulders…
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Shannon Blake
Shannon Blake was born in Leicester, England and now lives in Melbourne, Australia with one human, two cats and almost enough books. She is currently studying criminology and writes about history and…
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Srinjay Chakravarti
Srinjay Chakravarti is a writer and editor based in Salt Lake City, Calcutta, India. His creative writing has appeared in over 150 publications in 30-odd countries. He has won the Salt Literary…
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Angela Wauchop
Angela Wauchop is currently studying Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University. Originally from regional Queensland, Angela ditched the safe confines of a successful small business and moved to Melbourne in 2013,…
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Sophie G. Whiting
Sophie G. Whiting is an award-winning author based in “Melbourne”. Through her stories and poetry, she aims to peel back the mundane to reveal life’s sinister absurdity. As a queer and chronically…
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Daniela Abriola
Daniela Abriola is studying both Creative Writing and Literature, and Professional Writing and Editing at Swinburne University. She is a passionate and aspiring novelist who believes that the real value of creative writing is the…
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Zoe Sorenson
Zoe Sorenson is currently a Media & Communications student at Swinburne University of Technology, majoring in both Professional Writing & Editing and Media Industries. She mostly writes creative non-fiction, focusing on her…
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Mary Pomfret
Mary Pomfret writes short stories and poems and her work has been published widely. Her debut novel ‘The Hard Seed ‘ was published in 2018. Mary lives and works in Bendigo, Australia. In…
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Kylie Hough
Kylie Hough studies Arts. In 2015 she received the Lucy Elizabeth Craigie Award, the Richard B Smith Memorial Prize and the Australian Federation of Graduate Women Inc. (AFGW) NSW (Armidale) UNE ARTS…
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Miles Boyle-Bryant
I am a Melbourne-based writer approaching the end of a Media degree. Originally from the Northern Territory, I’ve always had a strong passion for writing about small towns and capturing unique lives…
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Jane Downing
Jane Downing’s stories and poems have been published around Australia and overseas, including in Griffith Review, Big Issue, Antipodes, Southerly, Westerly, Island, Overland, Meanjin, Canberra Times, Cordite, Best Australian Poems and previously…
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Deni Baxas
Deni Baxas is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Creative Writing and Literature and a minor in Criminology, at Swinburne University of Technology. From a young age, she…
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Jessica Murdoch
Jessica is a writer, teacher and experienced list maker. She has spent almost a decade teaching primary age students and is passionate about all young people having access to critical literacy skills, opportunities…
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Sam Huffer
Sam Huffer is an aspiring game developer and author studying Games and Interactivity / Computer Science with a minor in Creative Writing at Swinburne University. He enjoys fantasy and science fiction stories…
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Denise O’Hagan
Denise has a background as an editor in commercial book publishing, manages Black Quill Press, and is Poetry Editor for Australia/New Zealand for The Blue Nib. Her poetry is published widely and…
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Jane Frank
Jane Frank is a Brisbane poet, originally from the Fraser Coast. Her latest chapbook is WIDE RIVER (Calanthe Press, 2020). Recently, her poems have appeared in Antipodes, Takahe, The Bengaluru Review, Cicerone…
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Kiara Ash
Kiara Ash is a young and upcoming author who believes in exposing the truths and injustices in our society. Even though she never wanted to be a political writer, her passion to…
