Helena Pastor

Helena Pastor                                                    ______________________________________________________________

Education

PhD            Creative Research Practice, University of New England,  2007-2011

MPhil.          Creative Writing, University of Queensland, 2006

Grad. Cert.  Applied Linguistics, Griffith University, 1995

Dip. Ed.      ESL and Modern Languages, 1994

BA.             Linguistics, University of New England, 1994

Awards, Prizes and Grants

Artist-in-Residence, Bundanon Trust Program, 2012.

HarperCollins Varuna Award for Manuscript Development (‘Iron Men: Alchemy

at Work’), 2010-2011

Finch Memoir Prize Shortlist (‘Yahtzee and the Art of Happiness’), 2010

Australian Society of Authors Mentorship w/ Judith Lukin Amundsen (‘Iron

Men: Alchemy at Work’), 2010

Varuna Publisher Fellowship (‘Iron Men: Alchemy at Work’), 2009

Society of Editors (Qld) / CAL Editors & Writers Development Project

(‘Yahtzee and the Art of Happiness’), 2009

Varuna NSW LitLink Residency (‘Iron Men: Alchemy at Work’), 2009

Australian Society of Authors Mentorship w/ Judith Lukin-Amundsen (‘Yahtzee

and the Art of Happiness’), 2009

Varuna NSW LitLink Residency (‘Iron Men: Alchemy at Work’), 2008

Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship for Creative Research PhD, 2007
Marian Eldridge Award for Aspiring Women Writers (commended), 2007

Publications

‘What’s Updog?’, Verity La, July, 2011.

http://verityla.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/what’s-updog-helena-pastor/

‘Joining the pack’, Nth Degree: the 2010 Australian Association of Writing

Programs Anthology, Arcade Publications, Melbourne, November, 2010.

ONLINE opinion – Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10386 posted 5/5/2010

Griffith REVIEW, Issue 28, Autumn 2010, pp. 246-250.

‘Rubbing’, fourW Twenty, November, 2009, pp. 114-117.

‘The SMS Queen of Bali’, Hecate, 34.2, 2008, pp. 100-108.

‘Broken Glass’, Westerly, Issue 53, November 2008, pp. 146-151.

‘Where Are We Goin’ With This Shit?’, Re-Placement Anthology, Australian

Association of Writing Programs, SCU Press, November 2008, pp. 132-141.

‘We Only Fear What We Don’t Know’, ISLAND Magazine, Issue 114, Spring

2008, pp. 16-27.

‘Wedding Coat’, ISLAND Magazine, Issue 113, Winter 2008,  pp. 102-108.

‘Lord of the ring made a name in pies’, ‘Timelines’ obituary for Tony Pastor, The

Sydney Morning Herald, June 30, 2008, p.14.

‘Lady Godiva’, Idiom 23, Vol. 19, December 2007, pp. 25-26.

‘The Flood’, Hecate 33.2, November 2007, pp. 76-80.

‘Yahtzee and the Art of Happiness’, Griffith REVIEW, Issue 17, Autumn  2007,

pp. 183-193.

‘The Flour Shed’, Hecate 33.1, May 2007, pp. 171-173.

Professional Memberships

2011-2011    Victorian Writers’ Centre

2009-2011    Varuna Alumni

1995-2011    Queensland Writers’ Centre

2004-2011    New England Writers’ Centre