AWARDS – MY ORIGINAL PROJECTS
Winner, ‘Digital Narrative’ Award,
WA Premier’s Book Awards (AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS)
Winner, ‘Interactive Media’ Award,
Australian Writers’ Guild (AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS)
Finalist, Digital Narrative’ Award,
WA Premier’s Book Awards (Magister Ludi Game)
Finalist,
International New Media Writing Prize (Magister Ludi Game)
Finalist, ‘Best Writing in a Game’ Award,
Freeplay Independent Games Festival Awards (AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS)
AWARDS – PROJECTS I WORKED ON
Best Cross Platform Project,
Banff World Media Award (Conspiracy for Good)
Digital Program – Fiction Nomination,
International Digital Emmy Awards (Conspiracy for Good)
Mobile Nomination, 14th Annual
SXSW Interactive Awards (Conspiracy for Good)
Official Honoree, Integrated Campaigns,
15th Annual Webby Awards (Conspiracy for Good)
Merit Award for Other Branded Entertainment,
One Show Awards (The Hunt)
Interactive Writing Award,
44th Annual Australian Writers Guild Awards (Bluebird AR)
Innovation Award, (Internal)
ABC Awards (Bluebird AR)
Best Film,
Melbourne Fringe Festival (actor) (Forsaken)
Special Jury Award, Best Short Film,
Altin Portakal Film International Film Festival (actor) (Forsaken)
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2019 – Official Selection, PAX AUS Collaboratory, Melbourne Convention Centre, curated by PAXAUS, (DIYSPY)
2018 – Official Selection, Melbourne Playground: Public Games Exhibition, ACMI, curated by CHIPlay, sponsored by City of Melb (DIYSPY)
2016 – Official Selection, GO423 Pop-up Exhibition, Bris, curated by Brisbane International Game Developers Association (DIYSPY)
2015 – Official Selection, Babycastles, NYC, ‘Embed with Games’ book launch, curated by Cara Ellison (Magister Ludi Game)
2015 – Commission, Fresh Air Festival, Pop Up Playground, ACMI, curated by PUP (Bakers of Anarchy)
2014 – Official Selection, Contours Exhibition on Australian Independent Games, Melb, curated by Chad Toprak (Magister Ludi Game)
2014 – Official Selection, Freeplay Independent Games Festival’s Parallels, Melb, curated by Dan Golding (Magister Ludi Game)
2014-5 –Commission, Experimenta International Biennial of Media Art, VIC, NSW, QLD, curated by Jonathan Parsons (Magister Ludi Game)
2014 – Official Selection, Fresh Air Festival, Pop Up Playground, Melb, curated by PUP (Seance for Lost Stuff)
2014 – Official Selection, Electronic Literature Organization’s Media Arts Show, University of Wisconsin, curated by ELO (AUTHENTIC IN ALL CAPS)
2013 – Official Selection, This is a Door, Pop Up Playground, Melb, curated by PUP (DIYSPY/Pop Up Spy Academy)
2005 – Official Selection, Talk Fiction Colloquium, University of Melbourne + The Age Melbourne Writers’ Festival, curated by UOM Postgraduate Creative Writing Association (The Villager Girl and the Teenbot)
2005 – Official Selection, disjunctions 2005: Theory Reloaded, University of California, Riverside, curated by Original Hypermedia, Net.Art, Mods, Flash panel (The Villager Girl and the Teenbot)
RESIDENCIES
2020 – Writer in Residence, Kilvington Grammar School (AUS)
2020 – Artist-in-Residence, Shandy Hall, Laurence Sterne Trust (UK)
2013 – Artist-in-Residence, Digital Writing Residency, The Cube, QUT, Australian Literature Board (AUS)
OTHER SALUTATIONS
2016 – “Pioneer”, Finalist, MCV 2016 Top 100 Most Influential Women in Games in Australia & NZ
2016 -“Creative Inspiration”, Finalist, MCV 2016 Top 100 Most Influential Women in Games in Australia & NZ
Winner, “Creative and Scholarly”, SAE Southern Staff Excellence Award, SAE Creative Media Institute
MENTORING
2018 – Forward Slash Story, Kenya, in partnership with Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab (August)
2018 – Extended Entertainment Experiences Lab, in partnership with the West End Film Festival, Brisbane (May-June)
2017 – Forward Slash Story, Indonesia, in partnership with Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab (May)
2016 – VR Lab, ACMI & Film Victoria, VR Festival, ACMI (Oct)
2016 – Forward Slash Story, Costa Rica, in partnership with Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab (May)
2015 – Forward Slash Story, Costa Rica, in partnership with Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab (May)
2014 – High School Student Game Design Mentoring, Brisbane
2014 – Forward Slash Story, The Hamptons, USA, in partnership with Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab (May)
2011-2 – Storyworld Conference, San Francisco (Oct-Nov)
2011 – Crossover Documentary Lab, Film Victoria, Melbourne
2010 – XMediaLab: Film Extended, Screen Australia, Melbourne
2010 – The Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Film Workshop, Wales, UK
2010 – Crossover Indigenous Lab, Screen Australia, Bateau Bay
2008 – Making for Market Grant, Story of the Future, Australian Literature Board
2007 – Online MA in Creative Writing and New Media, De Montfort University, UK
2006 – New Media Writing, Booranga Writer’s Center
2005-6 – Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
JUROR
2019 – Category Judging Coordinator, Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (AWGIES), Interactive Media (AUS)
2019 – Emerging and Experimental Grants, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2018 – Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (AWGIES), Interactive Media (AUS)
2018 – Finalists, West End Film Festival, (AUS)
2018 – Emerging and Experimental Grants, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2018 – Meet Your Maker VR Marketplace, AIDC (AUS)
2017 – Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (AWGIES), Interactive Media (AUS)
2017 – Austrian Science Fund
2016 – Organisations Six Year Funding, Emerging and Experimental Grants, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2016 – Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (AWGIES), Interactive Media (AUS)
2015 – Online Video Awards (AUS)
2015 – 27th Annual WA Screen Awards. Best Interactive (AUS)
2015 – Australian Writers’ Guild Awards (AWGIES), Interactive Media (AUS)
2015 – Organisations Six Year Funding, Emerging and Experimental, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2013 – International Digital Emmy Awards, Digital Program: Fiction (USA)
2013 – AIMIA Awards, The Digital Industry Association of Australia (AUS)
2012 – International Digital Emmy Awards, Digital Program: Fiction (USA)
2012 – Web Drama Series, Independent Production Fund (CAN)
2012 – Creative Australia New Art, Inter-Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2011 – Creative Australia New Art, Inter-Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts (AUS)
2011 – Digital Media Initiative, NSW Government (AUS)
2009 – ABC Excellence in Digital Media Awards, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (AUS)
2009 – Pulcinella Award, Cartoons on the Bay (ITAL)
2009 – Babelgum Pixel Pitch Award, Power to the Pixel, London Film Festival (UK)
2009 – Whistler Film Festival Pitch Fest West, Whistler Film Festival (CAN) – [panel feedback only]
2008 – Portable Worlds Second Edition, The Australian Network for Art and Technology (AUS)
2007-8 – Australia Council for the Arts (Literature Board, Interarts, Digital Programs) (AUS)
2007 – Portable Worlds, The Australian Network for Art and Technology (AUS)
2006 – Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AUS)
2005 – Laboratory of Advanced Media Production, Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AUS)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2014/… – The Australian Writers Guild
2014/…- The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
2015-2016 – Open Channel
2014-2015 – Australian Directors Guild
2007 – Rhizome
2005 – International Game Developers Association
2005 – Game Developers Association of Australia
2004? – Rhizome
SELECTED BOARD MEMBER
2018/… – Biba Industries, Canada
2011/… – Carnegie Mellon University’s ETC Press, USA
2016-18 – Games & Interactive Advisory Committee, The Australian Writers Guild
2013 -14 – Green Room Awards – Hybrid Performance
2011-12 – Storyworld Conference and Expo, San Francisco & LA
2011-12 – Aphids Lab, Melbourne
2010-12 – As the Dust Settles, USA
2010 – Freeplay Independent Games Festival, Melbourne
2009 – dLux Media Arts, Sydney
2005/… – IGDA ARG SIG
[Picture of the AWG Games & Interactive Media Sub Committee]