Elizabeth Morton has been telling tales ever since she learned to talk. Growing up in the suburbs, she had superpowers, invisible sidekicks, and alligators in the yard.
Her poetry and prose are published in New Zealand, UK, USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada and online. She is included in Best Small Fictions (2016, 2021), and came second, twice, in the Sunday Star-Times Short Story competition, as well as second in the inaugural Sargeson Prize short story competition. She came first in the New Voices Emerging Poet competition (2013), first in the Poetry New Zealand Poetry Prize (2021), was shortlisted in poetry (2018, 2019, 2021) and short story (2018) categories of the Bridport Prize, and was highly commended in the Kathleen Grattan Award (2015 & 2021). She is feature poet in the 2017 Poetry New Zealand Yearbook. Her first poetry collection, Wolf, is published by Mākaro Press (2017). Her second collection, This is your real name, is published by Otago University Press (2020), and her third, Naming the beasts, is published by Otago University Press (2022).
She has an MLitt with distinction from the University of Glasgow, and an MSc in Applied Neuroscience with King’s College London with distinction.