'Harvest' : Longlisted for Hachette's Richell Prize (2026)

I missed a call, and the text-to-speech message said 'from Hasheth'. I thought, hasheth... hasette... hachette?? Lo and behold, my passion project Harvest got longlisted for the Richell Prize from Hachette (AU) and Emerging Writers Festival.

It only just started to hit me a few days after finding out (and after the public announcement), and I'm so incredibly grateful to all those who shaped me and my writing over the years. To be a part of the longlist of 24, whittled down from 1022 submissions, is incredibly surreal and it's an honour the judges thought Aletheia and Erasmia's story rife with feminist-coded rage deserved a spot.

Regardless of where this goes, I know that these characters have a long journey ahead of them. They have so much to say, and I cannot wait til you get to hear it.

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In a barren world, what would society look like if women literally bore fruit?

Harvest is the answer to that question.

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Harvest was initially informed by research from, and created for (in short form), my master’s dissertation on feminist-coded rage in dystopian fantasy. From the 4,300-word short story an estimated to be 90,000-word dark, body horror, dystopian fantasy manuscript bloomed.

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