Interview with Chuckie Raven – 2025 Fogarty Literary Award Winner

Chuckie Raven is the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award winner. The Award was announced Tuesday night at the Western Australian Government House Ballroom. 

Chuckie Raven receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation, a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $1500 writing fellowship from Centre for Stories for their winning manuscript Glimmers in the Sea Glass.

Raven describes the novel as being about family and how we define and redefine it. They said, ‘It's about the strength of young queer people and the importance of our queer elders and our community. It's also about silence, and the ways it creeps into our lives, our circles, and how we can speak it out of existence.’ 

Our Editor, Michael Barker, caught up with Chuckie Raven to make the podcast below where we discuss their win and the novel, and the impact of winning the Fogarty.

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