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.

Rae White
Born1985 (age 39–40)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAustralian
Website
raewhite.net

White's poems have been described as "challeng[ing] notions of category, identity, form and gender"[1] and having an "ability to incorporate new techniques without alienating the reader".[2] 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

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  • All the Colours of the Rainbow published by Hachette (2025)[3]
  • Bird Beak Rock Shard in Celestial Bodies published by Tiny Owl Workshop (2024) [4]
  • 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)[5] This is noted as the first "mainstream"[6][7], multidisciplinary[8] anthology of Australian writing featuring the TGD community.[9][10]
  • Exactly As I Am published by UQP (2022)[11]
  • 'Abundantly blue' in Australian poetry journal (2021)[12]
  • 'wanna cyber??? ;))' in Antithesis Journal (2021)[13]
  • Milk Teeth published by UQP (2018)[2]
  • 'Glitter and Leaf Litter' in Capricious (2018)[14]
  • 'apollo polination' in Meanjin Quarterly (2017)[15]

Awards and nominations

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Prize judging and editor

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  • Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection as part of the Queensland Literary Awards (Judge)[27]
  • Uplift Poetry (Creative Director and Founder)[28]
  • Australian Poetry (Board member)[29]
  • #EnbyLife (Editor)[30]
  • Anne Elder Award (Judge)[31]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Milk teeth". Trove Books, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Milk Teeth, Rae White". University of Queensland Press. 2018. ISBN 9780702260162. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ White, Rae; d'Anthes, Sha'an, (illustrator.); Lothian Children's Books (2025), All the Colours of the Rainbow (Illustrated ed.), Hachette Australia, ISBN 978-0-7344-2307-8{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Demmers, Aidan, ed. (2024). Celestial Bodies. Tiny Owl Workshop (published 1 September 2024). ISBN 9780648403449.
  5. ^ "Nothing to Hide - Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees and Bobuq Sayed". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  6. ^ University, La Trobe. "Book launch - Nothing to Hide - Dr Yves Rees". www.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia Author Talk". Victorian Pride Centre. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  8. ^ OUTinPerth (4 September 2022). "Bibliophile | 'Nothing to Hide' shares stories of trans & gender diverse Australia". OUTinPerth. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Nothing to hide: Voices of trans and gender-diverse Australia". Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounds. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  10. ^ "'Nothing to Hide': an anthology on Trans and Gender Diverse Australians, Trans identity and community in Singapore, BDS origins and Disrupt Land Forces". 3CR Community Radio. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  11. ^ White, Rae (2022). Exactly as I am. St Lucia, Queensland. ISBN 978-0-7022-6670-6. OCLC 1327956291.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ "local, attention". Australian Poetry Journal. 11 (1). 2021. ISSN 2204-3632. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Defy". Antithesis Journal. 31. 22 October 2021. ISBN 9780646848914.
  14. ^ "The Gender Diverse Pronouns Issue". Capricious Magazine (9). 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  15. ^ "apollo polination". Meanjin Quarterly. December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Queer Games Festival Melbourne 2024". QGF Awards. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  17. ^ "2024 Freeplay Awards Winners & Nominees". Freeplay Independent Games Festival. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books Publishing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists". Books Publishing. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Past winners of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award". Woollahra Council. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Woollahra Digital Literary Award". Woollahra Council. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books Publishing. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Past winners of the Woollahra Digital Literary Award". Woollahra Council. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  24. ^ "The 2019 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word winner: Fable Goldsmith and Rae White". Melbourne Spoken Word. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  25. ^ "The Rachel Funari Prize For Fiction". lipmag. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Final results of the 2017 Judith Wright Poetry Prize". Overland. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  27. ^ "Judging process". The State of Queensland (State Library of Queensland).
  28. ^ "Uplift Poetry". Uplift Poetry. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  29. ^ "The Board". Australian Poetry. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  30. ^ "Our Staff". #EnbyLife. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  31. ^ "Announcing the 2020 Anne Elder Award Judging Panel". Australian Poetry. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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