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Image: J. Marahuyo by Sherbet Birdie team

Image: J. Marahuyo by Sherbet Birdie team

J. Marahuyo is a neurodivergent Filipino-Australian poet residing on Dharug Country. She was shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize 2024, won the Writing NSW- Varuna Fellowship 2024 and won the Living Stories Prize 2024. She explores themes of identity, mental health and the power of vulnerability.

Her debut collection crying gorgeously; 4:37am is available for pre-order, published by WestWords Books. 

 

Her poems have been recognised and have received accolades in a humble number of competitions. Her work can be found in national and international journals and anthologies such as Cordite Poetry Review, FemAsia magazine and The Suburban Review; Living Stories anthologies and Gems Zine. She has been described as an original and compelling storyteller who pulls at heartstrings with her amazing stage presence and superb delivery. She was the recipient of the WestWords-Varuna Emerging Writers Residency 2022, Varuna's The Writers Space online residency 2024 and was chosen for Testing Ground 2023. Her Instagram is @j_marahuyo

 

When she's not writing she is an office-goer at an NFP. She likes to bake sweet things, reads fantasy and sci-fi and is often found at karaoke. 

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 Events, Programs & Residencies

Image by Olga Subach

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J. Marahuyo was chosen to take part in the following:


Events
Panelist, Stones in Strange Waters Panel, Addi Road Writers' Festival 2024

Panelist, Diversity Day, WSU and WestWords 2024

Feature Poet and emcee, July WestWords Academy Live! 2024

Feature Poet and emcee, Granville Nights 2023

Feature Poet for After Dark at Police & Justice Museum 2023
Feature Poet for Being Differently at WestWords 2023
Feature Poet for Slam Messiah
at Riverside Theatre 2022
Panelist for Emerging Voices: the new writers of Western Sydney at the Art Gallery of NSW 2022


Programs
Testing Ground 2023
WestWords Academy 2022
Express Media's Toolkits Lite: Poetry 2022.
The Writing Zone (TWZ) 2022

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Fellowships & Residencies

Writing NSW - Varuna Fellowship 2024

Varuna The Writers Space online Fellowship 2024

Lighthouse Arts Writer and Artist residency 2024
WestWords - Varuna Emerging Writers residency 2022

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Image by Ritz

is, at once, both an unravelling and the composition of personhood.

This website is managed on the country of the Dharug clan, who are the traditional owners of this land. I pay my respects to the Elders past, present & future on all the countries this website may appear upon.

All Rights Reserved ©2022 by J. Marahuyo.

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