Category: Competitions and Awards
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Red Room Poetry Fellowship Shortlist 2022
I feel honoured to be shortlisted for the Red Room Poetry Fellowship 2022, among so many poets I admire. Congratulations to: Shastra Deo, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jessica Wilkinson, Jill Jones, Rozanna Lilley, Bonny Cassidy, Anne Casey, Heather Taylor Johnson and Audrey Molloy. Further details are over at Red Room Poetry here. My sincere thanks to the…
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Out from the Mist – Short Movie Winner
I feel honoured to win the Australia Asia Film Group Prize in the Out from the Mist Short Movie category. My work Setting Free Anxiety Like a Fistful of Birds can be viewed below and will be screened on AusAsia TV online. The Out from the Mist (Representations of Mental Health) exhibition at Superordinary in…
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Brisbane Portrait Prize Finalist
I’m proud to be a finalist in the Brisbane Portrait Prize with my self-portrait ‘Brews Song in Rivers’. You can check out the gallery of finalists and details of the exhibition, and vote in the people’s choice here.
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2020 Spark Prize Shortlist
I was thrilled to be featured on the shortlist of the Spark Prize, for my memoir manuscript ‘How to Knit a Human’. ‘How to Knit a Human’ is a split-voice, non-linear memoir following my attempts to re-stitch my sense of self and memory. To read more about the winner and shortlisted entrants, visit here.
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2020 Queensland Writers Fellowship Recipient
I am honoured beyond words to receive a Queensland Writers Fellowship, to work on my next poetry collection ‘Anxious in a Sweet Store’. Huge congratulations to Sara El Sayed and Amanda Niehaus on receiving a 2020 Queensland Writers Fellowship too! You can view the finalists and winners of the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards here
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Winner of the 2020 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing: Open Creative Nonfiction Category
I am over the moon and beyond to have won the 2020 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing in the Open Creative Nonfiction Category. This was incredibly special for me as it means an extract from my memoir manuscript is now published in the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing Anthology 2020 for the first time. You…
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Memoir through Poetry Workshop, 26 July 2020
I’m very excited to be running an upcoming online ZOOM poetry workshop through the wonderful Avid Reader. Book your place here. Join me online on Sunday 26 July from 1pm-4pm, as we explore using our memories as a springboard for writing poetry. This poetry workshop will include a talk about my experience of writing memoir…
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Finalist in the 2019 Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing
In 2019, I was honoured to be a finalist in the Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing. My drawing ‘Self-portrait while Depressed’ was exhibited at the Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art. I was going through a period of depression and decided to draw a series of self-portraits. Created over a thirty-four minute period, the process of…
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Semi-Finalist Gender Gaze Exhibition, Brisbane Festival 2016
I am a semi-finalist in the Gender Gaze Exhibition as part of the 2016 Brisbane Festival. The exhibition runs from 15-24 September at Metro Arts. The photograph being exhibited is ‘Tea Party: Anna’s-28th-and-a-half-year birthday pantomime’ and my artist statement reads: ‘I decided to stage a tea party with my childhood toys. While it was fun, the process…
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Shortlist – 2016 Scribe Non Fiction Prize
Anna was excited to be shortlisted for the Scribe Non Fiction Prize for an extract of her memoir ‘How to Knit a Human’. You can read an interview with Anna at Express Media.