Joel Keith
Joel Keith is a writer, editor and musician living in Preston, on unceded Wurundjeri land. Their work has appeared in Overland, Island, Cordite, Loom, the Sydney Review of Books and Best of Australian Poems. She placed third in the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize, and is the editor of Voiceworks.
Selected Writing
2026
‘Fencing Paper Apparitions: Joel Keith on the “late” Susan Howe,’ in the Sydney Review of Books
‘A Bigger Splash (1973),’ in no purchase #4
‘An Infinite Expectation of the Dawn,’ in Loom #2
‘To Stella,’ in Tell Me Like You Mean It #8
‘Bush Fest,’ in Artery #3
2025
‘Trans Pastoral,’ in Overland #258 & Best of Australian Poems
‘“Material Histories, Object Histories”: A Conversation with Micaela Sahhar,’ in Voiceworks #135
2024
‘The Last Supper,’ in The Suburban Review #34
‘Prelude to a Flight,’ in Island Online
‘Sunflower is Too Sentimental an Education,’ in Rough Cut
‘Q&A with Tom Campbell,’ in The Suburban Review #32
2023
‘Notes on Flesh,’ in Overland #252
‘He/Hymn,’ in Cordite #111
‘Featherweight,’ in Island #167
2022
‘Still Life,’ in Voiceworks #123
Awards
Third Place, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, 2024
Winner, Fitzpatrick Award for Criticism, 2022
Shortlisted, Julian Cowan Youth Award for Short Fiction, 2021
Editorial
April 2025–present: Editor-in-Chief, Voiceworks
October 2021–April 2025: Editorial Committee Member, Voiceworks
July–December 2023: Intern, The Suburban Review
Contact
Email: keithyjoel [at] outlook [dot] com
Instagram: @keithyjoel