Lucy Van

LUCY VAN writes poetry and criticism. She has published Figures (Purely Physical 2017; Boomkat 2022), The Open (Cordite 2021), Australian Women Photographers: Other Times, Other Views (Anthem 2024) and MATERIAL (Permanent Draft 2026). She has been listed for prizes including the Stella, Mary Gilmore and Anne Elder, and won the Woollahra Digital Award for non-fiction (2024). She is a researcher at La Trobe University, and the poetry editor at HEAT.

Upcoming courses

Writing Poetry

TutorsEnder Başkan and Lucy Van

For writers ready to take the craft of poetry seriously, this course will introduce you to fresh ways of thinking about writing poetry, and provide you with the opportunity to have 120 lines of your work read and critiqued by two critically acclaimed poets at the top of their game.