Category: Contributors

Ellen Irwin is an aspiring author of historical sagas set in the Western Isles of Scotland and the Irish Sea region. She has been writing and storytelling since she first learned to wield a pencil. A member of ACFW and Historical Novel Society’s Interview Team, she is passionate both about writing character-driven tales of redemption…

Roseanna is a writer originally from Sydney, who recently completed her master of writing through Swinburne University. She is a corporate lawyer by day and procrastinates writing her novel at night. In between exploring as much of Europe as her bank balance allows and butchering Italian on Duolingo, she can be found researching her Irish…

Danyel Deran thanks Other Terrain journal editor, Matt Richardson, for taking the time to edit and read his work (Thank you, Matt. You’re my superstar).

Bek Klinko is a creative writing student at Swinburne university who loves musicals, wet weather and flowers. She is a self-taught seamstress and an avid fantasy fan.

Bethany Lo-Han is a Swinburne student currently majoring in Professional and Creative Writing. As an avid lover of all things to do with a pen, she has always wanted to become a graphic novel author. In the meantime, she spends her time writing and publishing fanfiction (don’t ask her for any links). 

Michael Tyler has been published by Takahe, Bravado, Adelaide Literary, PIF, Daily Love, Danse Macabre, Apocrypha and Abstractions, Dash, The Fictional Café, Potato Soup Journal, Fleas On The Dog, Cardinal Sins, and Mystery Tribune.  Michael writes from a shack overlooking the ocean just south of the edge of the world. He has been published in…

Damen is a multi-award-winning Queensland Poet.  Damen’s prizes include The Moth Poetry Prize, the Peter Porter Poetry Prize (joint winner), the Newcastle Poetry Prize, the Val Vallis Award and the Magma Judge’s Prize.  Damen has been published in Cordite, Overland, Antipodes, Mississippi Review, Atlanta Review and Southwords. (www.dameno.org).

Oscar O’Neill-Pugh is a Melbourne based therapist, who, after a long period of dormancy, is starting to write again. While he has since changed fields, Oscar completed a Bachelor of Professional Writing and Communication at Swinburne and previously contributed to Other Terrain and Backstory as a poetry editor. With new and revised work on the…

Jaime is a young writer from Melbourne. After being sucked into fairytales and faraway lands as a child, she never learnt how to leave. She now spends her time writing about all the magical worlds that live in her head. After completing her degree in Professional and Creative writing and Psychological sciences, she hopes to…

After initially refusing to learn to read, Imogen Lenore Williams decided to pursue creative writing. Imogen is studying Creative Writing and Marketing at Swinburne University. In 2018, she won the Senior Secondary School Short Story category of the My Brother Jack Awards with her piece Pensioner Purgatory, and in 2022, achieved Highly Commended in the Swinburne Sudden Writing Competition for…

Sam M Johnston is a Melbourne based writer and audio engineer. He’s currently studying a Bachelor of Media and Communications majoring in Writing and Advertising. He enjoys writing sci-fi and horror stories that involve otherworldly intervention, with some emotionally focused character drama on the side. He’s had multiple works published in Swinburne University’s Swine and…