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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 and Emily Hēni. Recent previous editors are Ethan Christensen, Kate McDonald, and Mary Mosteller.
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.
Emily Hēni (Kāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi) (she/he/ia) joined Overcom 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 Awa Wāhine.