Past Presidents of the AAWP include Judith Rodriguez, Professor Tom Shapcott, Dr Eva Sallis, Professor Jeri Kroll, Professor Donna Lee Brien, Dr Marcelle Freiman, Professor Jen Webb, Professor Paul Hetherington and Dr Lynda Hawryluk. The immediate past President is Dr Antonia Pont (Deakin University).
The current President of the AAWP is Associate Professor Julia Prendergast from Swinburne University.
The Executive
President | Chair
Associate Professor Julia Prendergast (Swinburne University, Victoria) info@aawp.org.au
Deputy Chair
Dr Lee McGowan (University of the Sunshine Coast)
Treasurer
Distinguished Professor Jen Webb (University of Canberra, ACT)
Public Officer
Dr Katrina Finlayson
Secretary
Dr Julian Novitz (Swinburne University, Victoria)
Members of the Executive
Portfolio: Memberships Liaison memberships@aawp.org.au
- Dr Jessie Seymour
Portfolio: Research
- Associate Professor Natalie Kon Yu
Portfolio: Postgraduate ECR Representative
- Associate Professor Sue Joseph (University of South Australia)
Portfolio: Website | Online Presence Coordinator
- Sarah Giles
Portfolio: Prizes and Partnerships
- Associate Professor Julia Prendergast (Swinburne University)
Portfolio: Document Management
- Dr Ben Stubbs (University of South Australia)
2025 Conference Convenor AAWP-conference2025@unimelb.edu.au
- Associate Professor Julienne van Loon (University of Melbourne)
Co-opted Assistants to the Executive Committee of Management:
- Dr Ariella Van Luyn
- Axel Nathaniel Rose
- Camilla Cripps
- Elizabeth Walton
- Dr Ginna Brock
- Dr Nadia Mead
- Dr Oliver Shaw
- Dr Owen Bullock
- Dr Rachel Hennessy
- Dr Roanna Gonsalves
- Dr Rose Michael
HDR Support
For support and confidential advice regarding PhD supervision and research, please send all enquiries to info@aawp.org.au and we will forward the message onto the appropriate mentor after consultation with you.
- Dr Sue Joseph (University of South Australia)
- Distinguished Professor Jen Webb (University of Canberra, ACT)
- Associate Professor Julia Prendergast (Swinburne University, Victoria) info@aawp.org.au
- Professor Donna Lee Brien (CQ University, Queensland)
- Professor Craig Batty (University of South Australia, Adelaide)
- Professor Jeri Kroll (Flinders University, SA)
Please note: This service is aimed at providing pastoral support rather than policy advice. Support services include advice about managing your supervisor, managing your workload, and how to find help at your university when you are stuck. The service is not designed to provide advice regarding policy-related problems: these queries should be directed to the candidate’s higher degree graduate office.
AAWP Advisory Committee
- Dr Antonia Pont, Immediate Past AAWP President/Chair (Deakin University, Melbourne)
- Dr Lynda Hawryluk (Southern Cross University, NSW)
- Professor Paul Hetherington (University of Canberra, ACT)
- Professor Jeri Kroll (Flinders University, South Australia)
- Professor Donna Lee Brien (CQ University, Queensland)
- Gail Pittaway (Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand)
- Associate Professor Dominique Hecq (Independent scholar)
- Dr Lee McGowan (University of the Sunshine Coast) and Associate Professor Liz Ellison (Central Queensland University), previous Conference Convenors
AAWP Publications Committee
- Distinguished Professor Jen Webb (University of Canberra, ACT)
- Professor Paul Hetherington (University of Canberra, ACT)
- Gail Pittaway (Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand)
- Dr Paul Munden (National Association of Writers in Education, UK/University of Canberra, ACT)
- Dr Deb Wain (Deakin University, Melbourne)
- Dr Ross Watkins (University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland)
TEXT Journal
Managing Editors: Associate Professor Julienne van Loon and Dr Ross Watkins
General Editors: Dr Ross Watkins, Associate Professor Shady Cosgrove and Associate Professor Antonia Pont
Special Issues Editors: Dr Ben Stubbs and Dr Ella Jeffery
Creative Works Editors: Professor Nigel Krauth and Dr Anthony Lawrence
Reviews Editors: Dr Aidan Coleman
Assistant Reviews Editor: Verity Oswin
Meniscus Literary Journal
A biannual literary journal publishing flash fiction, short prose, poetry and short experimental writing.
Meniscus Editors:
- Distinguished Professor Jen Webb
- Dr Ginna Brock
- Gail Pittaway
- Dr Deb Wain
- Camilla Cripps
- Dr Eileen Herbert-Goodall
Contact: meniscus@aawp.org.au
Cinder:
c i n d e r is a journal for Higher Degree Candidates and recent post-graduates publishing scholarly research on creative writing practices, methodologies and theories.
Contact: cinder@deakin.edu.au
Managing Co-Editors: Hayley Elliott-Ryan and Antonia Pont: a.pont@deakin.edu.au
Editor: Sue Joseph