Ia Literary Journal
OUR Contributors
Emma
Neale
Emma Neale is the author of six novels and six collections of poetry, the most recent of which is To the Occupant (OUP, 2019). She has lived in the US and England, but moved to Otepoti/Dunedin in 1999. She currently edits Landfall, and recently received the Lauris Edmond Memorial Award, a prize given biennially for a distinguished contribution to New Zealand poetry.
Shannon
Couper
Shannon is a queer woman based in Te Whanganui a Tara who cycles between writing research, poetry and policy on a daily basis. In the breaks in between she can be found stretching, covering things in stickers and grilling unsettling amounts of tofu.
Anne-Marie
Te Whiu
Anne-Marie Te Whiu (Annie) was born and raised in Brisbane and is a proud descendant belonging to Te Rarawa. She is the co-editor of Solid Air: Australian and New Zealand Spoken Word (University of Queensland Press) and was co-director of the Queensland Poetry Festival from 2015 to 2017. She is a poet, weaver and cultural producer, currently working as a Senior Project Manager at Red Room Poetry in Sydney.
Maisie
Chilton
Maisie is a Waihōpai/Invercargill born, Pōneke/Wellington based artist-poet-teacher. Co-editor and production manager of art/poetry zine Salty, Maisie has work published by Oscen, Sweet Mammalian, A Fine Line magazine, Chaleur Magazine, Flash Frontier, Sisterhood Magazine, Overcommunicate, Anthropozine, Catalyst Literary Arts Journal, Stasis Journal, the International Art in Early Childhood research Journal and ecARTnz. Maisie uses mahi toi to process notions of identity, and her experiences of love and grief within and without of the confines of being a person with a disability.
Maisie has a solo exhibition coming up in October 2020 at Space Studio & Gallery in Whanagui, and another in March 2021 at Toi Pōneke, exploring the use of art as therapy for trauma related to sexual assault.
Jess
Thompson-Carr
Jessica Thompson Carr is Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāpuhi. She is 24 years old, born and bred in Ōtepoti. She achieved her degree in English and Art History in 2018, and her Masters Coursework in 2019. Jessica currently works as an artist, poet, and journalist, often under the name Māori Mermaid. She sells prints of her work online, and also works as a social media assistant for Awa Wāhine. Purchase her work below!
Haleigh Hook
Haleigh is a 20 year old communication student from the Manawatu. Her passions include performing, writing and film.