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Tayla Richardson is a poet, multidisciplinary artist and disability advocate. She creates to connect and untangle perceptions of ambiguous loss, hope and impermanence, drawing on her experience living with a rare neuromuscular condition. Tayla was a 2024 Australian Poetry Slam state finalist, winner of a University of Sydney art prize and highly commended in the 2023 Writability and 2025 Varuna Writers Space Fellowships. Her creative work has featured in International Poetry Short Film Festivals, art exhibitions across Naarm and can be found online with RUSSH magazine and Writers Victoria. Tayla is an actor and model with Zebedee Talent Agency and is currently writing a poetic memoir and developing a universally designed art exhibition.

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Kyle Tran Myhre (aka Guante) is a poet and activist whose work explores the relationships between narrative, power, and resistance. He’s performed at the United Nations, contributed to a Grammy-winning album, been a member of two National Poetry Slam championship teams, and visited countless colleges, conferences, and festivals, using spoken word and storytelling as doorways into critical dialogue. His most recent book, "Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough", is available now via Button Poetry.

Whether writing about men’s roles in ending gender-based violence, challenging dominant narratives related to race and racism, or just telling stories about the different jobs he’s had, Tran Myhre strives to cultivate a deeper engagement with social justice issues, one based in both empathy and agency. An educator as well as a performing artist, Tran Myhre completed his Masters studies at the University of Minnesota with a focus on spoken word, critical pedagogy, and social justice education, and regularly facilitates workshops and residencies. He lives in Minneapolis.

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Andrea Louise Thomas is a freelance writer working across several genres. Her poems have been published in journals and anthologies. She’s performed her poetry at Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian Poetry Slam, on TV and radio. One poem was adapted into an award-winning short film, "Train of Thought". She also writes monthly non-fiction articles for a magazine and grapples with short fiction. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature (UC Berkeley). Andrea runs the Frankston Writers’ Salon at Frankston Library.

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Bernadette Kirwan, The Celtic Arab, is both a teacher and a multiplatform content creator. She is also a writer, mainly of poetry, born in Australia to an Irish father and a Palestinian mother. Online, she creates content about varying topics such as: advocacy for victims of child abuse, her Irish and Palestinian heritage, fashion and her own poetry. Her overall goal with both content creation and writing is to be a part of the voice creating awareness and fostering change around the topic of child abuse and cultural diversity.

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Omar King McCray is a Brooklyn-based poet, filmmaker, and educator whose work explores themes of love, identity, and resilience. He is the creative force behind the YouTube channel BrokenLandTV, which features poetic short films, spoken word performances, and visual storytelling that reflect the urban experience. His latest poetry collection, “Deux”, delves into the complexities of love and human connection. Accompanying the book is a visual poetic experience titled “Deux”, directed by McCray himself, available on BrokenLandTV

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Sarah Elizabeth Clark is a poet, animal assisted therapist, and educator (in that order) from the outer edges of Melbourne. The themes of her work include love, lust, capitalism, community, philosophy, spirituality, nature, mental health, trauma, neurodivergence, addiction, divorce, dogs, home, recovery, fate, gratitude, purpose, and hope!

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Demetri Manabat is a rising spoken word artist born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He uses his experiences with grief, love, and loss to help those fighting similar battles across the globe. Demetri is a member of the Spotlight Poetry Slam Team in Las Vegas, Nevada, coached by Dr. Javon Johnson. He has been recognized by Upworthy and the Associated Press for his work, and he has accumulated over 16 million views on his personal social media platforms for his poetry.

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Hamish Danks Brown is a poet, storyteller, writer and event MC who's been based in Melbourne since 2016. Originally from Sydney, he's led a maverick life in the arts and media in various parts of Australia, and travelled around the world on a poetic pilgrimage in 2015-2016. Also known as Danksta Downunder and Je Suis/I Am Joe Gould, he hosts 2 weekly events: The Last Outpost of Poetry in St Kilda and Spoken Word @ Bar Oussou in Brunswick, and is also Vice-President of the Melbourne Poets Union. 2 of his chapbooks have been published so far: "All Other Destinations" and "The Broken Candle" while a full-length genre-fluid book "Vices Wrenches Forges Anvils" is in progress. Hamish has lived in Elwood aka El Driftwood for several years as manager of Roy the Cat Resort and Retreat and also because the streets in that suburb are named after poets. His motto is "The second that I live is the second that I live in" (Italo Calvino 1923-1985) and his personal status is singular.

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