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Madison 'Maddie' Godfrey is a writer, educator, and emotional feminist. They have performed poetry at the Sydney Opera House, St Paul's Cathedral and Glastonbury Festival. Madison is a previous recipient of the Kat Muscat Fellowship, the Varuna Poetry Flagship Fellowship and was recently awarded a WA Youth Award for their 'Creative Contributions' to the state. 

Sara M. Saleh is an award-winning writer, poet, human rights lawyer, and the daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt, and Lebanon. Her poems, short stories, and essays have been widely published nationally in English and Arabic. She is co-editor of Arab, Australian, Other and was the first poet to win both the Australian Book Review's Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Songs for the Dead and the Living is her first novel. 

Kirli Saunders OAM is a proud Gunai Woman, award-winning author, multidisciplinary artist and consultant who creates to connect to make change. Kirli was the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year (2020). She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts (2022). Her play, Going Home, is in development. She is currently writing her anticipated novel, Yaraman, assisted by AUSCO.

Katherine Sortini is a theatre-maker, poet and all round creative. She is founder of independent award-winning theatre company Deus Ex Femina. She has worked as an actor, director, writer, producer and dramaturg in the Creative Arts and is thrilled to be performing as the SA State Finalist for the Australian Poetry Slam.

Rob Waters is Gomeroi man with deep cultural connections to the North West of NSW. He is a proud father and grandfather and now lives with his partner on Darkinjung Country. Waters is a poet, storyteller, cultural educator and spoken word artist and has been performing and sharing Story for over 20 years.