About
Emilie Morscheck is the Australian author of several published short stories including “Burning Birds” and “What can your demon do for you?”.
She was a participant of the Toolkits Fiction program and a creative editor at Woroni. Her works on Wattpad.com have over 50,000 reads. In 2019 Emilie received an artsACT grant to edit her YA fantasy novel “These Cursed Waters”.
Publications
- “The Divine Principles”, Libra, Deadset Press, 2020
- “Astraea’s Wish”, Virgo, Deadset Press, 2020
- “Firestorm”, Leo, Deadset Press, 2020
- “Crescendo”, Making Tracks Canberra Zine, Voiceworks, 2020
- “The Reborn Son”, Aries, Deadset Press, 2020
- “Human Nature”, Stories of Hope, Deadset Press, 2020
- “Eight Bits Human”, Ripples in Space, 2018
- “Cousin Josephina“, Bossy, 2018
- “Dreaming“, Woroni, 2018
- “What can your Demon do for you?”, Lyonesse 2017
- “Crescendo”, Crossroads An Anthology, Birdcatcher Books 2016
- Burning Birds, InShort Publishing 2015
- “The Girl Who Was the Forest”, Swan Tales Competition 2012
Honours
- Participant in the 2017 Toolkits Fiction program run by Express Media
- 2019 artsACT grant recipient for the development of my YA manuscript, These Cursed Waters
- 2020 Anne Edgeworth Fellow
Writing Awards
- Libra Flash Challenge Winner 2020
- Aries Flash Challenge Winner 2020
- Longlisted in Birdcatcher Books Competition 2016
- Winner of Dickson College short story competition 2014
- 2nd place for a short story in Swan Tales Competition 2012
Writing Work
- Creative Sub-Editor at Woroni, 2017
- Editor/mentor at Dickson College Writers Camp, 2016 & 2019
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, 2019
- Bachelor of Engineering (Research and Development) with Honours, 2019
- Novel Writing Essentials (Australian Writers’ Centre), 2020
Memberships
- member, ACT Writers Centre, 2015-present
- member, Canberra Speculative Fiction Writers Guild, 2019-present
- volunteer, Canberra Writers Festival, 2016
- member, Local Writers Critique Group, 2016-present
- participant, National Novel Writing Month, 2011-present