Executive Committee

Sophia Chan - Editor-in-Chief/Project Manager

Michelle Anderson - Treasurer

Michael Nguyen-Huynh - Project Advisor

Editorial

Joyce Protacio - Editor-in-Chief

Amanda Holder

Jihan Mirza

Amber Hall

Katya Dugec

Madeline McFarlane

Rowan Williams

Christine Bayley

Talisha Ohanessian

Otto Riddell

Lydia Schofield

Melissa Reed

Submissions Team

Edwina Berry

Maz Blanch

Matt Freeman

Mason Henshall

Cover art by Amelie Vorchheimer

Digital Issue 1 - 2024

This issue of Visible Ink was put together by people who have no idea how they managed to find the time. Words were mulled over, sentences were rearranged, then rearranged again, between bouts of frustration, hunger, looming due dates, exhaustion and general malcontent.

But our team did it anyway. Not because they had to, and not necessarily because they wanted to, but because they are writers, poets, editors, designers and, crucially, members of a community that has fostered in them a belief that they can.

They can, and they did.

Art is the world we make from borrowed time, and when we come together, it feels like we’ve got all the time in the world.

Congratulations to all the good folks behind the scenes who made this achievement possible. There are names and faces involved that you may never recognise, but that won’t have stopped them from changing your life anyway.

Most importantly, congratulations to Editors-in-Chief Sophie Chan and Joyce Protacio, whose tireless work in the background have put them at the forefront of our community.

Introduction by Micky Nguyen-Huynh

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‍ ‍Fiction‍ ‍Flash Fiction‍ ‍Nonfiction‍ ‍Poetry

Thank you to the 2024 Visible Ink team

Events & Community Team

Claire Jenkins

Jade Nie

Ayah El-Hussein

Communications Team

Sara Oliver - Communications Lead

Chloe Wilkins

Shae Lynn Shu Juan Quek

Design Team

Amelie Vorchheimer - Art

Wen Yee Ang - Web/Branding

RMIT Professional Writing and Editing Staff Advisors

Yannick Thoraval

Louisa Syme

Dzintra Boyd

Sarah Vincent

John Reeves