Collisions: A Liminal Anthology
Collisions is an extraordinarily creative anthology of short fiction clustering the stories around the themes of Bodies, Momentum and Contact.
Judges' Report
Collisions is an extraordinarily creative anthology of short fiction clustering the stories around the themes of Bodies, Momentum and Contact. The introduction establishes the foundation of the collection, grounding it in Australia’s history of colonial conflict and violence. The stories in the collection intersect with this foundation in myriad ways, expertly exploring the notion of connection and belonging, the relationship between history and fiction and the future of the self and the body. With a broad range of backgrounds, each writer infuses their identity into their work, giving us stories that move away from the white norm but still present the Australia we all live in.
About the author
Leah Jing McIntosh is the founding editor of LIMINAL magazine. Since 2017, Leah has published over 150 long-form interviews by and for Asian-Australian creatives. She has curated collections of art and writing, and co-edited Comic Sans, an anthology of comics by writers of colour. As part of LIMINAL’s focus on building community, Leah also curates poetry and performance nights. She has collaborated with The New York Times, Melbourne Writers Festival, Australian National University, amongst other organisations, to promote the work of Asian-Australian creatives. She has been a Victorian nominee for Young Australian of the Year, named in Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30: Class of 2020, and Asialink’s 40 under 40 most influential Asian-Australians.
Cher Tan is an essayist and critic. Her work has appeared in the Sydney Review of Books, The Saturday Paper, The Lifted Brow, Kill Your Darlings, Runway Journal and elsewhere. She is an editor at LIMINAL and reviews editor at Meanjin.
Adalya Nash Hussein is a writer, the editor of Voiceworks, and a co-editor at LIMINAL. Her work has appeared in Voiceworks, The Lifted Brow, Ibis House, Meanjin and Going Down Swinging. She has been an Emerging Writers’ Festival Melbourne Recital Centre Writer in Residence, a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow, and shortlisted for the Scribe Nonfiction Prize.
Hassan Kalam Abul is a writer, artist, and editor working on Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung lands. Their work has been published by LIMINAL, The Lifted Brow, Pencilled In, DJED Press, and Subbed In, among others.
