Meatbaby

Feature category winner

“Like the body it depicts, this text becomes a constantly shifting surface: surprising, tender, moving and witty, ‘Meatbaby’ continually reveals new angles of narrative and character.” ‍ - Judges’ comments.

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Creative works

Meatbaby (short fiction). Winner for feature category: Stories by Trans & Gender Diverse Writers for the Lord Mayor's Creative Writing Awards 2024.
Themes: queer theory, gender identity, chronic illness
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=826154&CF=BIB

On Gender and the Colour Blue (non-fiction). Shortlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers 2018. https://www.expressmedia.org.au/news/news/meet-the-2018-scribe-nonfiction-prize-shortlist-courtney-mcmahon

Noise Box (autofiction). Gargouille Literary Journal issue 7, Summer 2017. Print.

Mornings (short fiction). Ginosko Literary Journal issue 19, 2017. Print/online.

Press

Congratulations to the winners of the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards

Express Media - Meet the 2018 Scribe Nonfiction Prize shortlist

A photo of myself receiving the award from the lovely representatives at Seahorse Victoria, 2025. Photography: Josh Dean

The Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards, 2024 (2025 ceremony)

The 2024 feature category Stories By Trans and Gender Diverse Writers was co-presented by Seahorse Victoria and the City of Melbourne.

I was thrilled to receive the award for the feature category for my story ‘Meatbaby’.

Read more about the Awards here.


Photography: Josh Dean