poetry
&

SHORT FILMS

Photographer - John Englezos

‘words became my anchor in a chaotic tide’

SHORT FILMS

Dark Oxygen

Dandelion Bouquet

Amorphous

Exhale

POEMS

Remember All

Self Portrait as a Conch Shell

Gravitas

Collective Hush

Waiting Room

Exhale

The Sender of Stalks

All poems are excerpts from poetry memoir manuscript ‘The String that goes Unseen’, a project supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. 

Further Highlights

2026

  • Wheeler’s Centre ‘Hot Desk’ Fellow
  • Mother Tongue ‘Rising Voices’ Fellow
  • Varuna National Writer’s House ‘Writer’s Space Online’ Fellow
  • ‘Amorphous’ Film – Vantra International Film Festival (Highly Commended)
 

2025

  • Emerging Writers Festival Panellist
  • Creative Victoria Uncovering Talent Grant recipient
  • Judge for the City of Casey ‘Fresh Words Young Writers Competition’
  • Jury Member for the University of Sydney ‘Change and Hope’ Lived-Experience Art Competition
  • Writer’s Victoria Mentorship with Lyndel Caffrey
  • Winner of Best Screenwriter – Focus on Ability Film Festival  
  • ‘Dandelion Bouquet’ Film – Selected for SF3 International Film Festival (Highly Commended, screened at ACMI) & Focus on Ability Film Festival  
  • ‘Amorphous’ Film – Selected for Poetry Short Film Festival (Los Angeles) & REELpoetry International Film Festival 
  • ‘Dark Oxygen’ Film – Longlisted and Published in the Hunter Writer’s Centre Grieve Project  
 

2024

  • Australian Poetry Slam State Finalist
  • RUSSH Magazine Literary Showcase Finalist
  • Faber Writing Academy Poetry Course (with Eilleen Chong)
  • Writer’s Victoria Writability participant (with Ruby Hillsmith)
 

2023

  • ‘Exhale’ Film – Winner of the USYD ‘Dreams & Debuts’ lived experience art prize
  • Commissioned by Arts Access Victoria and the City of Melbourne SIGNAL to create a spoken word poem inspired by disability access in the arts
  • Highly Commended in the Writers Victoria ‘Writeability’ Fellowship
  • Spokenword performed at the Melbourne Disability Expo
  • Express Media toolkits poetry and non-fiction participant (with Hasib Hourani)
 
2022

  • Express Media toolkits poetry participant (with Madison Godrey)

Opening to school or community group
workshops & presentations in 2026