Jonathan Cant

Jonathan Cant is a writer, poet, and musician. His work has been shortlisted in the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize; won the 2023 Banjo Paterson Writing Awards for Contemporary Poetry; and was longlisted in the 2023 Fish Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in Cordite, Island, Verandah, fourW, Brushstrokes, Otoliths, and Live Encounters.

Over the past five years, he’s also been a constant, active member of Sydney’s live poetry community. So, whether your poetry aspirations are for “the page”, “the stage”, or both, he wants to see you reach your full potential, and achieve some recognition along the way.