Svetlana Sterlin

Svetlana Sterlin is based in Meanjin, where she writes prose, poetry, and screenplays. A swimming coach and former swimmer, much of her recent work draws inspiration from in and around the pool (including her online publication, swim meet lit mag). Her debut poetry collection, If Movement Was a Language, was the recipient of the 2023 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award and is forthcoming with Vagabond Press. In 2023 she was also recognised in the Richell Prize and Queensland Young Writers Award. You can find her words in Island, Westerly, Cordite, the Australian Poetry Anthology, and elsewhere.