This prize is interested in capturing a composite “picture” of what people are writing about. Now. We invite creative work—short-short fiction, “sudden” fiction, “sketchy” stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, as well as hybrid forms.

Learn more about this year’s prize via the AAWP website here.

Meniscus is a free access literary journal published by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP). Meniscus publishes high quality, innovative poetry, short fiction, creative essays and more.

Read the latest issue of Meniscus via their website here.

As a Sessional Academic, I teach into creative writing units in the School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education. Subjects include Prose Poetics, Sudden Writing and Literary Industry Practice. In Semester 1 2025, I achieved positive student feedback results – 9.75 out of 10 – which exceeded the School and University average.

AAWP is the peak academic body for Creative Writing Programs throughout Australasia. I work closely with the Chair and fellow ECoM members to keep the website current and manage the organisation’s online presence through developed social media strategies. I also support the management of AAWP’s annual suite of literary awards.

Learn more about AAWP via their website here.

In various roles across two and a half years, I was responsible for leading my team through the development and delivery of marketing strategies and activities, maintaining a strong ongoing profile and presence for Writers Victoria and building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and partners.

During my tenure with the organisation, I grew their Instagram audiences by 45% through organic (non-sponsored), community-driven content and increased workshop sales by 34%.

I was contracted to create social media content for CHTHONIC CHORUS, a headline exhibition presented by Incinerator Gallery in partnership with Midsumma Festival and curated by Jake Treacy.

I produced written and visual content including photographs and videos.

In Semester 1 of 2024, I taught into creative writing and marketing communications subjects in the School of Culture and Communication.

As part of a small team, we developed a mailing list from the ground up, updated the website and created social media content, keeping all of our digital channels up-to-date to publicise the first ASSF in Melbourne.

On a freelance basis, I wrote news/lifestyle articles to a brief with a swift turn around. This work included independent research, interviews and SEO integration.