Tayla Richardson

Tayla Richardson is a poet, multidisciplinary artist, writer, filmmaker, actor and disability advocate living on Bunurong land. She creates to connect and untangle perceptions of ambiguous loss, hope and impermanence, drawing on her experience living with a rare neuromuscular condition. Her work has featured in local and international film festivals, exhibitions across Melbourne, online with RUSSH magazine, Writers Victoria, Emerging Writer's Festival and 2025 Grieve Project, amongst others. She was the winner and subsequent Jury member of a University of Sydney Art Prize for people with disabilities, a Judge for Casey Council’s Youth Writing Competition, runner up in the 2025 Poetry D’Amour, and winner of the Best Screenwriter Award at the 2025 ‘Focus on Ability’ Film Festival. Tayla is currently writing her debut poetry memoir, an interdisciplinary work supported by a Creative Victoria grant, Mother Tongue ‘Rising Voices’ Fellowship and Varuna ‘The Writer’s Space online’ Fellowship.