Meet the Slinkies: Freyja Catron

Meet the Slinkies: Freyja Catron

  We are thrilled to introduce you to emerging writer Freyja Catron whose short story ‘Diprotodon’ is published in the 2022 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with Kathleen Kelly (publishing intern), Freyja talks about her interest in megafauna species like the diprotodon, the setting for the story, her favourite Australian authors and the non-fiction piece … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Patrick Taylor

Meet the Slinkies: Patrick Taylor

  We are thrilled to introduce you to Sydney-based writer Patrick Taylor whose short story ‘Garden House: A Gothic Story’ is published in the 2022 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with Kathleen Kelly (publishing intern), Patrick talks about the inspiration behind the story, his preferred writing styles, favourite books and the pilot script he is … Read More

Slinkies 2022

Slinkies 2022

Edited by Ch’aska Cuba de Reed & Emma Wortley

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2022 Slinkies Under 30s call out

DEADLINE  FEB 1 2022 *Please note some of this information has recently changed. Do you battle with Millennial Fatigue? Symptoms include a generalised sense of impending doom about our planet whilst at the same time tuning it out entirely to focus on what really matters… why does this person’s Instagram feed horrify me to my … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Vasco Pimentel

Meet the Slinkies: Vasco Pimentel

We are thrilled to introduce you to bilingual writer, Vasco Pimentel whose short story, ‘The Last Fence’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Vasco talks about the origin of his story, about writing in a pandemic and about his writing process. To find out more about … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Lydia Trethewey

Meet the Slinkies: Lydia Trethewey

We are thrilled to introduce you to Perth-based writer, Lydia Trethewey whose short story, ‘Nothing Is Motionless’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Lydia talks about the origin of her story, about the influence that her visual arts practice has on her writing and her favourite … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Bethany Cody

Meet the Slinkies: Bethany Cody

We are thrilled to introduce you to emerging writer, Bethany Cody whose short story, ‘Seep’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Bethany talks about the origin of her story, about the role of research in fiction writing  and her favourite authors. To find out more about … Read More

Meet The Slinkies: Morgan Riley

Meet The Slinkies: Morgan Riley

We are thrilled to introduce you to emerging writer, Morgan Riley whose short story, ‘The Neighbours Are Curious’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Morgan talks about the cat that inspired his story, about living and writing overseas in Copenhagen and who he is reading right … Read More

Meet the Slinkies: Amanda Jayne

Meet the Slinkies: Amanda Jayne

We are thrilled to introduce you to Sydney writer, Amanda Jayne whose short story, ‘Dress Code’ is published in the 2021 Slinkies anthology. In this interview with publishing intern, Jessica Duff, Amanda talks about the origins of her story, writing across fiction and non-fiction genres and who she is reading right now. To find out … Read More