About
Tina Cartwright is a widely-published writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her often immersive work examines alienation, class concerns, and art.
Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, The New York Times, Overland, la piccioletta barca (UK), and Forty South, among others.
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She has taught Languages and Creative Writing in Spain, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. ​
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She holds a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching (English and Spanish) and a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics. She was awarded an International Languages Abroad Scholarship in conjunction with the Ministerio de Ecucación, Formación Profesional y Deportes to teach English in Spain. In 2011 she studied
Superior Spanish and Contemporary Mexican Fiction at UNAM in Mexico City.
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In 2025 she was a finalist for The Tasmanian Writers' Prize, longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and Highly Commended in the Boroondara Literary Awards. She was a guest reader at the closing event of the Footscray West Writers Fest and moderated Emerging Across The Generations panel at EWF 2025.
In 2023 and 2024 her manuscripts were longlisted for the Michael Gifkins Award. She was a 2024 KSP Fellowship recipient.
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She studied Novel Writing at Faber Academy with Emily Bitto and Sophie Cunningham. ​​
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She is fascinated by Linguistic Typology and her work holds a particular interest in the intersection of culture, language, class and form. She speaks Spanish and is learning Greek.
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