Ronald Araña Atilano was born in Manila in 1973 and now lives on Awabakal land in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. His works have been published in the Rabbit Poetry Journal. Westerly Magazine, the Marrow Poetry Journal, Island Magazine Online, Australian Poetry Journal Digital, Locative Magazine, and others. He won first prize at the Katherine Sussanah Prichard Poetry Competition in 2024 and was highly commended in the 2023 Hammond House International Literary Prize. He is a regular reader at the Newcastle Poetry at the Pub where he was Featured Poet in June 2023.
‘The personas in Ronald Atilano’s poems are observant and distant, translating moments of feverish coincidence into slow, reflective contemplation. It’s a privilege to see the bigger picture through these eyes, which connect memory, history, myth and art in such poignant and imaginative ways.’
– Harvey Liu, Locative Magazine
