We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Moya Costello in October this year. We were enormously proud to publish and showcase Moya’s inventive prose poems in many of our microlit anthologies over the past thirteen years and honoured that she judged the 2019 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award.
As well as appearing in many of our print publications, Moya was always delighted to have her work adapted to multi-platform formats. She relished the opportunity to collaborate with artists, actors, composers and filmmakers.
It is hard to think of experimental prose poetry and microlit in Australia without Moya Costello being part of it, or cheering it enthusiastically on. We not only admired her writing, but we were charmed and entertained by her wit and playfulness. We will miss Moya greatly.
The video below is a tribute to Moya from the Spineless Wonders team, including Snr Editor, Cassandra Atherton. It includes some of Moya’s works narrated by her and by others.