Intro

Ange Crawford is a queer, neurodivergent writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Currently a PhD candidate in the School of Media and Communications at RMIT, she holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology, Honours 1) from Bond University and a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. Her debut novel for young adults, How to Be Normal, is forthcoming from Walker Books in 2025. She has published shorter works across many genres, such as digital poetry, reviews, fiction and feature articles. She works as an editor and runs Seventh Gallery’s emerging writers’ program.

How to be normal

a YA contemporary novel, winner of the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize

(also shortlisted for the 2022 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing)

Bless this mess

an essay in response to Paul Yore’s exhibition WORD MADE FLESH, with embedded digital poems and experimental writings, published in the Writing in the Expanded Field IV publication: Touching Feeling Writing, through ACCA and RMIT non/fictionLab

Lateral thoughts

an experimental non-fiction poem published in Rabbit non-fiction poetry journal, issue 35 (Architecture)

Backwards, forwards

a segment on episode #498 of All the Best; supervising producer: Ryan Pemberton; sound designer: Lee Yee

Phraser

Intrusive Thoughts workshop participant, contributing to PHRASER, a meta-algorithm developed by artist and psychoanalyst Sam Lieblich

Intermissions

the micro-fiction story Personal Effects appears in this short story anthology, published by Grattan Street Press, Melbourne

Detective Story

an interactive fiction story made with Twine, created after participation in the Plot Twist Narrative Games workshop, a finalist in the 2021 Freeplay Awards for Excellence in Narrative

ellipsis

an interactive poem in response to Ezz Monem’s Collectables, as part of the KINGS Artist-Run gallery’s Emerging Writers’ Program

Hope 2.0

a GIF poem, created from Lujayn Hourani’s Making Mobiles workshop with Free Association

Neighbour

a review of Neighbour, an exhibition by Amrita Hepi and Sam Lieblich, shown as part of ACCA Open 2020, published by un Extended

Anya

winner of the Short Story category of the 2020 Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award

From ‘feminine’ to fire

a personal essay on femininity and queer identity, published by Archer

Wild imaginings of truth

an essay on Elena Ferrante’s Incidental Inventions, published by Asymptote

Love/ author’s intent

a interactive digital poem and accompanying essay in response to MJ Flamiano’s exhibition The bone is the seed, as part of the 2019 Emerging Writers’ Program at SEVENTH Gallery

Girlfriends, gal pals or partners?

a personal essay on language and queer visibility, published by Archer

Call me Ange

a feature episode of All the Best, with supervising producer Bec Fary; recording, editing, mixing and sound design by Lee Yee; additional sound design elements by Amy Hanley

Hometowns

a short contribution to this episode of community radio show All the Best

By numbers: Adani

co-contributions to this article alongside Christine Ebbs and Edwina Sleigh as part of a 2017 internship with The Lifted Brow