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Ramon Loyola
Ramon Loyola co-edits the Discoursing Diaspora project of the creative arts online journal, Verity La. He is a Philippines-born writer of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and legal scholarly articles. His writing has appeared…
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Dead World By Jesse Williams.
The sky was an oppressive grey outside, as it always was. The old man peered at the clouds through a dusty window, squinting as though it would reveal a blue sky if…
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Mohammad Ali Maleki
Mohammad Ali Maleki is a poet originally from Iran. He has been writing from within Australia’s prison camp in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, over the past two years. Mohammad previously worked…
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Isobelle Carmody
Isobelle began the first of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still at high school and worked on it while completing a Bachelor of Arts and then a journalism cadetship.…
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Amira Nahas
Amira Nahas is a third-year student studying at Swinburne University. She enjoys editing and hopes to become an English teacher in the future, helping others write and improve their creative skill. Her…
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Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen (he/him), is a Gadigal-based poet, filmmaker, actor, dancer and choreographer. The Artistic Director of The Physical TV Company, his multi-award-winning work has been screened, broadcast, published and presented on…
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Joshua Kepreotis
Joshua Kepreotis is a writer from Sydney, Australia, and of Greek heritage. He recently published his first short story in HCE Review. He is intent on creating thought-provoking material with a focus…
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Lorne Johnson
Lorne Johnson lives in Erskineville and teaches at Ascham School. He is a fan of punk rock, Jim Jarmusch, classic American cars, Scandinavia, coffee, birding, bushwalking, AFL and boxing fitness. His poetry…
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Sandra Renew
Sandra Renew is a featured poet for a second year at the National Folk Festival 2018, and reads regularly at Canberra venues such as The Salt Room and Smith’s Alternative. With Moya…
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Black Sun
By Eileen Chong (First published in Island 152, February 2018, Tasmania, Australia.)
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Jordan King-LaCroix
Jordan King-Lacroix has achieved a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Sydney, and had his first play, The Catastrophists, presented at the Seymour Centre as a part of the 2013…
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Kylie Adams
Kylie Adams is an English teacher residing in Germany. She is currently completing an MA in Writing with aspirations of becoming a published author. She mostly writes creative non-fiction and historical fiction…
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Eileen Chong
(Eileen Chong profile photo credit: Charlene Winfred Photography.) Eileen Chong is a Sydney poet who was born in Singapore. She is the author of six books, the most recent being Rainforest, from…
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Jackie Benney
Jackie lives in south-west Sydney and has been teaching in the secondary education system as a visual arts teacher and learning support teacher coordinator for over 20 years. Her artwork, containing a…
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Avi Leibovitch
Avi is an Editor of Other Terrain and Backstory journals. He is currently studying at Swinburne University of Technology, undergoing his Bachelor of Arts degree. Majoring in Writing, Editing and Literature (with…
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Madeleine Reid
Madeleine is a Melbourne girl in her final year at Swinburne University doing a double degree in Business and Arts. Her majors are Marketing, Professional Writing and Editing. She joined Backstory and…
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N.L.King
N.L.King was born in Dublin, Ireland and now calls Australia home. Nadia is an author, blogger, and presenter. Her debut book, Jenna’s Truth, is published by boutique small press, Serenity Press based…
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Christine Hill.
Christine Hill is a perinatal psychotherapist, midwife, and writer. Her essay, ‘ How could you do this to us?’, was awarded the Writers Victoria 2017 Grace Marion Wilson Prize for non-fiction and…
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Kathryn Lamont
Kathryn is currently studying at Swinburne University, majoring in Creative Writing and Literature and minoring in both Criminology and Film and TV Production. She drinks tea. Sometimes she reads stuff. Sometimes she draws stuff. Sometimes…
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Samuel Elliott
Samuel Elliott is a Sydney-based freelance literary and entertainment reporter. Having previously regularly appeared in premier digital print The Australia Times, until its untimely closure in late 2016, Elliott’s writing has appeared in Antic, The…
