Ashleigh Hardcastle
Ashleigh Hardcastle
Real world. Real issues. Voices that matter.
About
Ashleigh Hardcastle is a Perth-based psychologist and writer, whose work has appeared in The Big Issue, Scum Mag, and various anthologies. She has been a Fellow at the KSP Writers’ Centre and was selected to participate in the CBCA Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program.
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When she isn't writing, Ashleigh enjoys serenading her cat, walking on the beach, and dancing in the dark. She is a Friends junkie and has an unhealthy obsession with YA fiction. She periodically gets out of her comfy pants to explore distant corners of the globe.
Awards, Grants and Residencies
2022
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Recipient of a Fellowship, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre
2020
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Recipient of a First Edition Fellowship, 4 Centres Emerging Writers Program
2019
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Runner up in the Just Write for Kids Pitch It! competition (for my YA novel-in-progress The Lifters)
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2018
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Recipient of an IGNITE Grant, The Copyright Agency
Selected for the Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program, Children’s Book Council of Australia
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Selected to participate in Toolkits: Fiction, Express Media
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Recipient of a Fellowship, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre
2017
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Recipient of the Spring Story Retreat, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre