Journal Crawl

j. taylor bell is from Texas and is currently a PhD candidate at Monash University. His first poetry collection is titled HELLO CRUEL WORLD (Wendy’s Subway, 2022). Drop in anytime and wave hello @disco_steww.

Joshua Edward is the Co-Founder and Editor of Fine Art at independent publisher no more poetry, Vice-Chair of Blindside Gallery, Director of Design at ModaMorphosis, and Head of Graphic Design & Publishing at Fashion’s Alchemists. A sculptor with formal studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Joshua graduated in 2018 and has exhibited broadly within Australia and internationally.

Dan Hogan (they/them) is the author of Secret Third Thing, which won the Mary Gilmore Award, the Five Islands Prize and was named one of the ‘best 25 Australian books of 2023’ by The Guardian. Dan’s poetry has been recognised by the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and Val Vallis Award, among others. Dan runs DIY publisher Subbed In and edits the working-class literary journal Industrial Estate.

Jordi Infeld is a writer based on Wurundjeri land. She frequently collaborates with Rachel Schenberg on time-based poetry projects. Their book of middle-of-the-night writing, Certainly (certainly), was published last year by no more poetry, and they are currently working on a collection of poems written over the course of 24 hours.

kiara lindsay is a poet living and working on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. her debut collection ‘a portrait of me running as fast as the plant is growing’ is out now through no more poetry.

Victoria Manifold is a writer and trade union worker from County Durham, now living on Gadigal land.
She has been shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize twice, was a runner up in the 2019 Berlin Writing Prize, shortlisted for the 2021 Desperate Literature Prize and a runner-up in the 2022 Mslexia Short Story Prize. Her novel-in-progress, The Election of the Mayor, was shortlisted for the 2023 Richell Prize and longlisted for the 2023 Mslexia Novel Prize. In 2024 Wendy Erskine and Yan Ge selected her as the winner of the Short Fiction International Short Story Prize.

Selina Moir-Wilson is a writer, editor and comics artist. They are the editor of Voiceworks and a co-editor of Layabout. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Voiceworks, The Big Issue, Going Down Swinging and others. They are a 2023 SEVENTH Gallery emerging writer in residence and were a 2022 Toolkits: Graphic Narratives participant.

Rachel Schenberg is an artist and writer based on Gadigal land. She frequently collaborates with Jordi Infeld on time-based poetry projects. Their book of middle-of-the-night writing, ‘Certainly (certainly)’, was published last year by no more poetry, and they are currently working on a collection of poems written over the course of 24 hours.

Hollen Singleton is a writer and editor, and teaches at RMIT and the University of Melbourne. They live in Sunshine, Naarm. You can find the first chapter of their novel manuscript in Meanjin Winter 2024.

Keiran Stewart-Assheton is the President of the Black Peoples Union and a Traditional Owner of Wani-Wandi country in the Yuin Nation. Keiran has a background in the fields of psychology, social policy and education coupled with 15 years of experience advocating for First Nations rights and sovereignty in the areas of mental health, the justice system, education and land rights.

daniel ward is a poet and musician. they are the editor of ‘no more poetry’, an independent publisher of poetry books and art magazines. their second and most recent poetry collection is titled ‘eternal delight paralysis’.

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