Lily Holloway is a third-year English and Ancient History student at the University of Auckland. Her favourite teletubby is Laa-Laa (naturally) and in her spare time she enjoys op-shopping with her girlfriend. This year she received the Shimon Weinroth Prize in Poetry, the Kendrick Smithyman Scholarship in Poetry and second place in Landfall’s Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition. Her most recent work is forthcoming in Scum, Starling and Midway Journal and you can find a full list of her publications on her website lilyholloway.co.nz.
Lily Holloway looks to women in ancient literature as a way to understand trauma, transformation and recovery.