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all about women of colour Mentorship program with Sweatshop

For All About Women 2022, the Sydney Opera House partnered with Western Sydney-based literacy movement Sweatshop on an emerging writers mentorship program for women and non-binary First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse writers. 

Four writers worked on short fiction pieces inspired by the themes of this year’s All About Women festival, under the guidance of Sweatshop judges/mentors Winnie Dunn and Randa Abdel-Fattah.

Recipients

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Guringun

A series of poems by Yeena Kirkbright, recipient of the All About Women of Colour & Sweatshop Mentorship for creative writing, co-presented with Sweatshop.

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Yeena Kirkbright
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Hine e Hine

A short fiction work by Ayeesha Ash, recipient of the All About Women of Colour & Sweatshop Mentorship for creative writing/

Highly commended

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Yeena Kirkbright
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Shaking Hands Suffocate

Lina Ali, Highly Commended in the All About Women of Colour mentorship program, has penned a short creative writing project responding to the themes of the 2022 All About Women festival: allyship, friendship, and our collective responsibility to our loved ones, our neighbours, our communities.

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Yeena Kirkbright
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Until Now, the Sugarcanes Rustle

Raqiya Ahmed's Highly Commended short fiction work as part of the All About Women of Colour Mentorship program for emerging writers, co-presented with Sweatshop.