Grace Lucas-Pennington
Senior Editor, black&write!
Grace is a Bundjalung/European person living on Yuggera land. She grew up mostly between Bundjalung country on the NSW north coast and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace works as an editor, mentor, publishing consultant and is a Board member of Byron Bay Writers Festival. She was awarded the 2020 Nakata Brophy prize for poetry.
Grace was the recipient of a black&write! Editing Internship in 2015 and was appointed as Senior Editor in 2017.
Nadia Johansen
Editor Intern, black&write!
Nadia is a Gungarri woman from south-west Queensland, living and working in Brisbane. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts in creative writing at QUT and has a background working in Indigenous community organisations. She was runner-up in the inaugural SBS Emerging Writers competition. Nadia edits and writes because she believes Indigenous storytelling gives power, richness and truth-telling to Australian literature.
Bianca Valentino
Editor Intern, black&write!
Bianca is a Blak editor, award-winning writer, artist and musician living on Yugambeh Country. She is the first Indigenous publisher/editor of a music publication - Gimmie zine - in Australia. Her work has appeared in Rookie, Rolling Stone, No Cure and more. She is passionate about First Nations stories, supporting storytellers and community.