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Overcom is a literary journal based in Aotearoa New Zealand, which publishes work by queer writers and artists from Aotearoa and around the world. Each of Overcom's two yearly issues features a range of poetry, fiction, essays, and artwork. Overcom was founded in May 2019, and has published two to three regular and special issues each year since.
Overcom's editorial team is Grace Shelley, Ethan Christensen, Kate McDonald, and Emily Hēni.
Grace Shelley (she/her) is the founding editor of Overcom. She is a writer, teacher, and parent from Tāmaki Makaurau. Grace is passionate about championing queer literature, particularly new and emerging writers, and loves writing which carefully considers structure, form, repetition, and uses vocabulary cleverly and unexpectedly. Her own writing has appeared in publications including The Spinoff, Sweet Mammalian, takahē and bad apple.
Ethan Christensen (he/him) joined Overcom in June 2024. Based in Kirikiriroa, he is a barista by day and a writer by dark. He loves his Marantz stereo, moka pots on gas stovetops, when the rain beads on a freshly polished car, and going for a sweet treat with friends. Ethan believes the best writing leaves a piece of the author on the page. To spare no detail or thought or motivation or embodied sensation is to pull the reader in close. And in queer literature especially, those connections or shared experiences can be revelatory. You can find his own contributions in Issues Nine and Eleven of Overcom, as well as publications across Aotearoa and beyond. He is @eth_christ on Instagram.
Kate McDonald (she/her) is based in Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington and is book obsessed. Books line her walls, floors, cupboards and shelves. She believes there are many worlds to be lived through the pages of books. Kate is a bookseller and literary events coordinator for most hours of the day and the rest is spent reading and trying to bring some of her writing ideas to the page. She loves writing that tackles complex themes, argues colonised political, social and gendered ideas, and creatives that use satire and humour to observe the idioms and quirks of all beings.
Emily Hēni (Kāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi) (she/he/ia) joined Overcom along with Ethan and Kate in June 2024. She is a writer and post-graduate researcher based in Waitaha. Emily is passionate about eco-artivism, writing with, to and for atua, whakaaro on the relationships between people and place,and decolonising ideas about gender and sexuality. She is drawn to writing that challenges its audience in witty and imaginative ways, and has had her creative mahi published in Overcom, takahē, Pūhia and (upcoming) Awa Wāhine.