Idil Ali

Idil is a settler on stolen Wurundjeri land. Idil embeds her beliefs of freedom, sovereignty and resistance into her work as a youth practitioner, writer, performer, and community organiser. Idil writes for herself and shares for anyone with whom it resonates. 

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Jasmin McGaughey

Jasmin is a Torres Strait Islander and African American writer and editor currently studying a Master of Philosophy (in creative writing). In 2019 she was lucky enough to be a black&write! Editor Intern and a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship recipient. She has been able to write for Overland, Kill Your Darlings, SBS Voices, and Griffith Review. Jasmin’s passions have always been writing and reading, and she is proud to be able to work and learn in this field with excellent First Nations work.

Jeanne Viray

Jeanne was born in Manila and migrated to Melbourne at a young age. She likes iced tea, fairytales, polvoron, and mimicking voices. Jeanne has a range of work appearing in Djed Press, KOS Magazine, Voiceworks, Baby Teeth Journal, Monash University’s Verge, Incisors & Grinders, and the Australian Multilingual Writing Project. She likes writing speculative things as a way to reflect (mostly) human experiences.

Kyron Victor Joseph Weetra

Kyron is a 27-year-old Narrungan and Saxon clan man who lives on Kaurna Yerta in Parkside. Kyron is a writer, actor, comedian, musician, songwriter and a moonlighter in many creative worlds. Kyron is one of the First Nations writers in residence at ActNow and is currently working on reconnecting with his peoples language. He also helped devise the interactive ActNow show ‘Like Me Like You’ which was performed at the 2021 DreamBig Festival. Kyron is ever-excited about the arts communities and opportunities that are growing on Kaurna Yerta.

Rerose Roro

Rerose is an emerging South Sudanese-Australian writer raised in Geelong and the South-East suburbs of Melbourne. Rerose has always had a passion for writing and literature across many mediums including poetry and creative writing.  Rerose won her regional heat for Australian Poetry Slam in 2019 and came third as runner up in State Finals.

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