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.
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
Recipient of a Fellowship, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre
2020
Recipient of a First Edition Fellowship, 4 Centres Emerging Writers Program
2019
Runner up in the Just Write for Kids Pitch It! competition (for my YA novel-in-progress The Lifters)
2018
Recipient of an IGNITE Grant, The Copyright Agency
Selected for the Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program, Children’s Book Council of Australia
Selected to participate in Toolkits: Fiction, Express Media
Recipient of a Fellowship, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre
2017
Recipient of the Spring Story Retreat, Katharine Susannah Pritchard Writers’ Centre
