Tracey Slaughter

Tracey Slaughter is the author of the collections deleted scenes for lovers (2016), Conventional Weapons (2019), The Longest Drink in Town (2015) and her body rises (poems and short stories, 2005). Her novella if there is no shelter was published in the UK by Ad Hoc in 2020. Her most recent collection is The Devil’s Trumpet (2021). Tracey has received numerous awards, including the international Fish Short Story Prize 2020, the Bridport Prize 2014, and BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards in 2004 and 2001. She won the 2015 Landfall Essay Competition, and was the recipient of the 2010 Louis Johnson New Writers Bursary. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Waikato, and edits the journals Mayhem and Poetry NZ. Tracey has also served as the Hamilton/ Waikato National Flash Fiction Day City Chair since 2018.