Artists

Carielyn Tunion is an emerging writer, videopoet, cultural worker and educator.

Damien Becker won the Flying Islands Manuscript Prize for his debut collection Thin Reed Throat, published in 2026 by Flying Islands Press.

Dominic Guerrera is a Ngarrindjeri and Kaurna writer, curator and text based visual artists who’s work focuses on the lived experiences of Aboriginal people and social justice movements.

A singing poet, Emma Trenorden is the author of HIGH FIRE DANGER, a book of poems about the Black Summer fires.

Gabrielle Journey Jones is a poet, percussionist, social worker and academic with a deep interest in creativity and wellbeing.

Hasib Hourani is a Lebanese-Palestinian writer living on unceded Gadigal Country.

Heather Taylor-Johnson is an American Australian living and working on Kaurna Land.

Huda the Goddess is an internationally recognised spoken word poet, educator, and activist known for her powerful improvised poetry.

Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist.

Jihad Yassine is a poet and winner of the 2025 Bankstown Poetry Grand Slam.

Juan Garrido Salgado is a Chilean poet who has lived in Australia since 1990.

Julio Carrasco is a Chilean poet, novelist, and musician whose work engages intersections between literature, sound, and urban space.

Luke Patterson is a Gamilaroi poet, educator and musician living on Gadigal lands.

Natilma is a Djapu (Yolŋu) poet whose voice rose to prominence after winning the Australian Poetry Slam in 2018.

K.A Ren Wyld is an author of Martu descent who lives by the sea south of Adelaide.

Rob Waters is a Gomeroi man from North West NSW and is a former Australian Poetry Slam Champion.

Robin M Eames is a queercrip poet and historian living on Dharug land.