ABOUT

Svetlana Sterlin writes prose, poetry, and screenplays in Brisbane, Australia. A swimming coach and former swimmer, her work draws inspiration from in and around the pool, including her debut poetry collection, If Movement Was a Language. The manuscript was the 2023 winner of the Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award and is available now through Vagabond Press. 

 

​Find more of her words in Island, Westerly, takahē, Meanjin, Cordite, and elsewhere.

 

Svetlana is also the founding editor of swim meet lit mag.​​