Bio
Elizabeth's writing is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.
Past support includes the Regional Arts Fund, an Australian Government program designed to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities. And the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. |
Elizabeth Smyth is a writer based on lands traditionally owned by the Djabugay, Yirrganydji and Gimuy Yidinji peoples of Australia. Her work has been published in Meanjin and longlisted for the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. She is now sharpening the edges of her debut novel. AWARDS / RECOGNITION 2023 PhD Literature & Writing: regionalism, magic realism, georgic lit 2022 FALS + Viva La Novella Editor Stepping Stone Program 2018 Tropical Writers Festival - Biggest Book Club panelist 2017 Varuna Publisher Introduction Program - Shortlist 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize - Longlist 2016 Maher Fellowship, Queensland Writers Centre 2016 Residential Fellowship, Varuna: The National Writers House WET TROPICS Elizabeth is interested in human and non-human experiences of the Wet Tropics Bioregion of north-eastern Australia. This area swells with tourism in winter and shrinks under monsoonal rains and a debilitating heat in summer. It can be the end of the line for people escaping problems or metropolitan life, a place of turmoil and confrontation. And while governments pursue economic development, Indigenous people fight for jurisdiction over traditional lands and water. There's a lot going on ... |