Gay Lynch

Gay Lynch is an Adjunct Lecturer at Flinders University within the Department of English, Creative Writing & Australian Studies at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Her work spans essays, novels, academic papers, book reviews, and short stories, focusing on unceded Boonwurrung land narratives and Australian historical contexts.

• PhD in Creative Writing (Flinders University, 2008)
• Masters in Creative Writing (Adelaide University, 2004)

Her research interests include creative writing, Australian settler history, Irish-Australian diaspora studies, life writing, and nineteenth-century Irish fiction. She actively explores Ngarrindjeri history and culture through collaborative projects with Yunggorendi First Nations Research Centre.

Gay's recent publications focus on short story concatenation, Covid-19 reflections, and ecological themes in journals like TEXT and Meanjin. She has presented at international conferences including the 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English (Singapore, 2023) and the Ubud Writers and Readers’ Festival (2023).

• 2024 Creative Prose 1st Prize, AAALS
• 2022 ICSSE Short Story Competition Honorable Mention & Runner-Up
• 2016 UK Residency Second Place, Wonder Short Story Festival
• 2009 Part-time Teaching Award, Flinders University

She has advised on creative writing projects and participated in initiatives like the Flinders University Internship Program (2008) and CAL Airfare Support (2007). Her Narrative Theory and Practice-led Research inform contemporary literary education frameworks.