Rata Ingram

Rata Ingram writes poetry, essays and short stories from the foot of Christchurch’s Port Hills. In 2018, she placed third in the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay competition. Her work has appeared in The Perch (Yale, 2017) and after the cyclone (NZPS, 2017). She was a featured reader at National Flash Fiction Day 2016 and 2017. Rata is currently the Vice President and youngest member of the South Island Writers’ Association. When she isn’t writing, she is studying physics or driving a tram.