Rae White
{{Short description|Australian writer (born 1985)}}
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Rae White is a Brisbane-based poet and writer. White is non-binary and the founding editor of the online periodical #EnbyLife: Journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives. White's 2017 poetry collection Milk Teeth won the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, was commended in the 2018 Anne Elder Award, and was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Their poetry and writing has been published in the Australian Poetry Journal, Capricious, Cordite, Meanjin, Overland, and Rabbit.
White's poems have been described as "challeng[ing] notions of category, identity, form and gender" and having an "ability to incorporate new techniques without alienating the reader". They are also involved in poetry judging panels, including the 2019 and 2020 Anne Elder Award. They have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Production from QUT.
Published works
- All the Colours of the Rainbow published by Hachette (2025){{Citation |author1=White, Rae |title=All the Colours of the Rainbow |publication-date=2025 |edition=Illustrated |publisher=Hachette Australia |isbn=978-0-7344-2307-8 |author2=d'Anthes, Sha'an, (illustrator.) |author3=Lothian Children's Books}}
- Bird Beak + Rock Shard in Celestial Bodies published by Tiny Owl Workshop (2024) {{Cite book |title=Celestial Bodies |publisher=Tiny Owl Workshop |year=2024 |isbn=9780648403449 |editor-last=Demmers |editor-first=Aidan |publication-date=1 September 2024}}
- now we’re all here and a trans person reads a poem in Nothing to Hide - Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia published by Allen & Unwin (2022){{Cite web |title=Nothing to Hide - Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and Bobuq Sayed |url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Sam-Elkin,-Alex-Gallagher,-Yves-Rees-and-Bobuq-Sayed-Nothing-to-Hide-9781761066498 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.allenandunwin.com |language=en}} This is noted as the first "mainstream",{{Cite web |last=University |first=La Trobe |title=Book launch - Nothing to Hide - Dr Yves Rees |url=https://vi.latrobe.edu.au/news/announcements/2022/book-launch-nothing-to-hide-dr-yves-rees |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.latrobe.edu.au |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia Author Talk |url=https://pridecentre.org.au/event/nothing-to-hide-voices-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-australia-author-talk/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Victorian Pride Centre |language=en-GB}} multidisciplinary{{Cite web |last=OUTinPerth |date=2022-09-04 |title=Bibliophile {{!}} 'Nothing to Hide' shares stories of trans & gender diverse Australia |url=https://www.outinperth.com/nothing-to-hide/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=OUTinPerth |language=en-AU}} anthology of Australian writing featuring the TGD community.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-19 |title=Nothing to hide: Voices of trans and gender-diverse Australia |url=https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/visit-castlemaine-maldon/whatson/nothing-to-hide-voices-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-australia |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounds |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-31 |title='Nothing to Hide': an anthology on Trans and Gender Diverse Australians, Trans identity and community in Singapore, BDS origins and Disrupt Land Forces |url=https://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast/episode/nothing-hide-anthology-trans-and-gender-diverse-australians-trans-identity |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=3CR Community Radio |language=en}}
- Exactly As I Am published by UQP (2022){{Cite book |last=White |first=Rae |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1327956291 |title=Exactly as I am |date=2022 |isbn=978-0-7022-6670-6 |location=St Lucia, Queensland |oclc=1327956291}}
' Abundantly blue ' in Australian poetry journal (2021){{cite journal|author=|date=2021|title=local, attention|url=https://www.australianpoetry.org/australian-poetry-journal/|journal=Australian Poetry Journal|volume=11|issue=1|issn=2204-3632|access-date=26 Nov 2021}} ' wanna cyber??? ;)) ' in Antithesis Journal (2021){{cite journal|date=22 Oct 2021|title=Defy|url=https://manic.com.au/products/9780646848914?_pos=1&_sid=2fa9430a6&_ss=r|journal=Antithesis Journal|publication-date=22 Oct 2021|volume=31|isbn=9780646848914}} - Milk Teeth published by UQP (2018){{Cite book|url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/milk-teeth|title="Milk Teeth, Rae White"|year=2018 |publisher=University of Queensland Press|isbn=9780702260162|access-date=26 Nov 2021}}
- 'Glitter and Leaf Litter' in Capricious (2018){{Cite journal|date=2018|title=The Gender Diverse Pronouns Issue|url=https://www.capricioussf.org/issue-9-gender-diverse-pronouns/|url-status=dead|issue=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222003005/https://www.capricioussf.org/issue-9-gender-diverse-pronouns/|archive-date=22 Feb 2018|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Capricious Magazine}}
' apollo polination ' in Meanjin Quarterly (2017){{Cite web|date=Dec 2017|title=apollo polination|url=https://meanjin.com.au/poetry/apollo-polination/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Meanjin Quarterly}}
Awards and nominations
- Shortlist in the Queer Games Festival Awards for queer picnic (2024){{Cite web |title=Queer Games Festival Melbourne 2024 |url=http://mqgf.com.au/2024/awards/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=QGF Awards}}
- Honourable mention in the Freeplay Awards for stand up (2024){{Cite web |title=2024 Freeplay Awards Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.freeplay.net.au/awards24/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=Freeplay Independent Games Festival}}
- Shortlist for the Poetry Award at the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Exactly As I Am{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/10/26/239949/prime-ministers-literary-awards-2023-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
- Shortlist for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection at the 2023 Queensland Literary Awards for Exactly As I Am{{Cite web |date=2023-08-02 |title=Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/08/02/234999/queensland-literary-awards-2023-shortlists/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
- Shortlist in the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for Standup (2022){{Cite web|title=Past winners of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award|url=https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/whats_on/digital_literary_award/past_winners|access-date=17 Nov 2022|website=Woollahra Council}} Published in Backslash Lit
- Digital Innovation Shortlist in the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for How to Haunt (2021){{Cite web|title=Woollahra Digital Literary Award|url=https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/whats_on/digital_literary_award|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Woollahra Council}}
- Highest Queensland Entry in the Queensland Poetry Festival Awards for The last tourist (2020){{Cite web|date=3 July 2020|title=Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/03/153016/queensland-poetry-festival-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Books+Publishing}}
- Shortlist in the Woollahra Digital Literary Award for who, what, why, where (2020){{Cite web|title=Past winners of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award|url=https://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/whats_on/digital_literary_award/past_winners|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Woollahra Council}}
- Highest Queensland Entry in the XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word for Hussshhh (2019){{Cite web|date=12 Dec 2019|title=The 2019 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word winner: Fable Goldsmith and Rae White|url=https://melbournespokenword.com/the-2019-xyz-prize-for-innovation-in-spoken-word-winner-fable-goldsmith-and-rae-white/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Melbourne Spoken Word}}
- Second Place in the Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for The Body Remembers (2019){{Cite web|title=The Rachel Funari Prize For Fiction|url=https://lipmag.com/about/the-rachel-funari-prize-for-fiction/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=lipmag|date=3 January 2013 }}
- Second Place in the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for what even r u? (2017){{Cite web|date=23 Feb 2018|title=Final results of the 2017 Judith Wright Poetry Prize|url=https://overland.org.au/2018/02/final-results-of-the-2017-judith-wright-poetry-prize/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=Overland}}
- Winner in the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for Milk Teeth (2017){{cite web|title=Milk teeth|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/232661285|website=Trove Books, National Library of Australia|access-date=26 November 2021}}
Prize judging and editor
- Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection as part of the Queensland Literary Awards (Judge){{Cite web |title=Judging process |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/awards-and-fellowships/queensland-literary-awards/judging-process |website=The State of Queensland (State Library of Queensland)}}
- Uplift Poetry (Creative Director and Founder){{Cite web |title=Uplift Poetry |url=https://www.upliftpoetry.com/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=Uplift Poetry}}
- Australian Poetry (Board member){{Cite web |title=The Board |url=https://www.australianpoetry.org/%e2%80%a2-about-us-%e2%80%a2/the-board/ |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=Australian Poetry}}
- #EnbyLife (Editor){{Cite news|title=Our Staff|url=https://enbylife.net/ourstaff/|access-date=26 Nov 2021|website=#EnbyLife|date=2 July 2019 }}
- Anne Elder Award (Judge){{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2020 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel |url=https://www.australianpoetry.org/competitions/announcing-the-2020-anne-elder-award-judging-panel/ |access-date=26 Nov 2021 |website=Australian Poetry}}
References
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External links
- [https://enbylife.net/ #EnbyLife Journal]
- [https://www.uqp.com.au/authors/rae-white Rae White on University of Queensland Press website]
- [https://raewhite.net Official website]
- [https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/17591907.Rae_White GoodReads Author page]
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Category:Writers from Brisbane
Category:Australian non-binary writers