Shannon Barne is a Ngiyampaa woman and award winning writer whose work is centred on the strength of women and cultural power. She is the inaugural winner of the Bundyi Writing Prize (2025), with her debut novel 'Strangelands' forthcoming with Bundyi Publishing (2027), an imprint curated by Dr Anita Heiss in partnership with Simon & Schuster. She is also a multiple Voices of Women award recipient.