Gershon Maller, formerly a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Queensland, is principal reader at Editors Literati. The author of two poetry collections, he was awarded 2023 American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS) Poetry Prize; twice longlisted 2023 ACU Poetry Prize; joint Runner-Up 2022, 67th Blake Poetry Prize; Twice longlisted 2022 Newcastle Poetry Prize; Shortlisted 2021 Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize; and the 2016 Melbourne Poetry Union International Poetry Prize. His work appears in the Newcastle and ACU poetry prize collections, and publications including Antipodes, Going Down Swinging, Meanjin, TEXT, The Wallace Stevens Journal (US), The Australian Jewish News, and The Sydney Morning Herald.