Rae White

(they/them)

Rae White is a non-binary transgender writer, educator and zine maker. Their poetry collection Milk Teeth (University of Queensland Press) won 2017 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and commended in the 2018 Anne Elder Award. Their poem ‘hussshhh’ won Highest Queensland Entry in 2019 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word. Rae’s poetry has been published in Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Poetry Review, Meanjin Quarterly, Overland, Rabbit and others. They are the editor of #EnbyLife, a journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives. Rae's second poetry collection Exactly As I Am will be published by UQP in July 2022.

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The Self, Emerging

Celebrating 20 years of the Thomas Shapcott Prize