Let's Talk
I am available to:

  • Facilitate writers workshops

  • Facilitate podcasting workshops

  • Participate in arts programming

  • Write sensitivity reports on trans and gender diverse topics

  • Consult on anti-discrimination policies and procedures

  • Speak on community arts panels



Please contact me via email at:
spillingthetcollective@gmail.com

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Highly Commended
Kill Yours Darlings New Critic
2023
Winner
Griffith Review Online Contributor Series
2023
Shortlist
Hardie Grant Spark Prize
2022
Winner
Scribe Varuna Fellowship
2022
Winner
ABC Homespun Storytelling Competition
2021
Winner
Transdemic: Excellence in LGBTIQA+ Media Reporting at the GLOBE Awards
2021
Shortlist
Deborah Cass Prize
2021
Finalist
Audio Originals Writing Competition for Transgender Warriors
2020
Shortlist
The Ada's Biographical Writing Prize, Williamstown Writers Festival
2020
Winner
Australian Society of Authors, Award Mentorship
2020
Finalist
Westfield Local Hero for Transgender Warriors
2020
Finalist
The Joanne Burns Microlit Awards
2020
Winner
Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship
2019
Finalist
LGBTIQ Outstanding Short Stories
2016
7am Podcast -TERF Wars (2023)
I appeared on the 7am podcast discussing the woman who calls herself Posie Parker and why Australia is importing anti-trans activists....See More
Crossing Time: ABC History Listen (2023)
In the last few decades, there has been a huge social transformation in the way people express and talk about gender......See More
Best Day Worst Day (2020)
Long-form interviews with LGBTIQA+ activists and artists; a mental health peer support podcast...See More
Queer View Mirror on 3RRR (2020)
Weekly show on Triple R covering queer culture and current affairs. Tune in Wednesdays from 1pm to 2pm. ...See More
Transdemic (2020)
Trans and gender diverse experiences of the pandemic...See More
Transgender Warriors (2020)
Long-form interviews with trans and gender diverse creatives on Joy 94.9 ...See More