Our work takes place on the stolen lands of the Bunurong/Boon Wurrung peoples. We acknowledge the traditional owners of these lands, and pay respects to Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

Sunder is a journal that lives up to its name—we’re here to break apart the stigma and ableism that D/deaf, disabled, and chronically ill creators so often face.

Sunder Editorial Committee

Alex Creece

Alex Creece is a writer, poet, collage artist, and average kook living on Wadawurrung land.
Alex also works as the Online Editor for Archer Magazine and the Production Editor for Cordite Poetry Review. Alex was awarded a Write-ability Fellowship in 2019 and a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship in 2020. A sample of Alex's work was Highly Commended in the 2019 Next Chapter Scheme, and she was shortlisted for the 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship. In 2022, Alex was shortlisted for the inaugural Born Writers Award and the Lord Mayor's Creative Writing Award.

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Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson is a poet and creative writing teacher, and was awarded the inaugural Writing the Future of Health Fellowship. He has been shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, the John Bray Poetry Award and the Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry. Andy has co-edited disability-themed issues of Southerly and Australian Poetry Journal, and his latest poetry collection is Human Looking, which won the 2022 ALS Gold Medal.

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Luke Patterson

Luke Patterson is a Gamilaroi poet, educator and musician living on Gadigal lands. His poetry has appeared in Cordite, Plumwood Mountain, Rabbit, Running Dog and The Suburban Review. Luke’s research and creative pursuits are grounded in extensive work with First Nations and other community-based organisations across Australia.

Madison Godfrey

Madison Godfrey is a writer, editor and educator living on Whadjuk Noongar land. They have performed poetry at the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall, St Paul’s Cathedral and Glastonbury Festival. In 2021 Maddie was awarded the Western Australian Youth Award for Creative Contributions to the state. Their second poetry collection Dress Rehearsals is forthcoming from Allen & Unwin Imprint JOAN in March 2023. Madison’s great loves include the colour purple and a rescue cat named Sylvia.

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Sarah Stivens

Sarah Stivens is the founding editor of Sunder. She is a poet, editor, and disability advocate living on Boon Wurrung/Bunurong land. Her words have appeared in Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal, Baby Teeth Journal, Catalyst, and other outlets. She is the ASA/Ray Koppe Varuna fellow for 2022, and a Writers Victoria Writeability fellow. When not writing, you’ll find her swearing at her sewing machine.

How We Work

Poetry is more than words. It’s what happens when we’re given freedom to express ourselves. That’s why Sunder publishes poetry in all its forms — spoken, written, signed, brailled, drawn… however you make your poetry, we want to be part of getting it out into the world.

We only publish work made by people who identify as D/deaf, disabled, and/or chronically ill. When we talk about disability we mean it in the broadest sense— visible and/or invisible disabilities, mental illnesses, chronic illnesses, Deafness, Blindness, visual impairments or low vision, neurodiversity, and any other lived experiences that arise from being part of the disability community

You can read more about our submission guidelines here (no arbitrary font size hoops to jump through, we promise)