Flights of Foundry 2021

Lisabelle Tay is the first place winner of the 2020 Dream Foundry writing contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

Lisabelle writes poetry and speculative fiction. Her debut poetry chapbook PILGRIM, published by The Emma Press, is forthcoming this September, and her story 'Surat Dari Hantu' placed first in the 2020 Dream Foundry short story contest. She lives in Singapore with her husband and son.

Lisabelle will be interviewed by Hugo award-winning author, David D. Levine.

Monique Laban is the second place winner of the 2020 Dream Foundry writing contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

Monique is a writer based in New York. Her essays have appeared in Electric Literature and Catapult. Her fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld and the collection Tiny Nightmares, edited by Nadxieli Nieto and Lincoln Michel (Catapult, October 2020). She is an alumna of the 2019 Tin House Summer Workshop, the 2019 Viable Paradise 23 Workshop, and the 2017 Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) Workshop. She is currently at work on a novel.

Monique will be interviewed by Valerie Valdes.

Thaleia Demeter is the recipient of the Monu Bose Memorial Prize for art in the 2020 Dream Foundry art contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

From a balcony studio in Tasmania, Thaleia works in pencil, watercolour, gouache, and digital. She is a lover of books, especially illustrated ones, and an avid drinker of tea. Her work is inspired by classical myth and folklore, with a heavy dash of historical fashion, romance, and fantasy.

Website: www.thaleiademeter.com
Portfolio: https://www.thaleiademeter.com/tapestries

Thaleia will be interviewed by a contest judge, Grace Fong.

Phoebe Low is the third place winner of the 2020 Dream Foundry writing contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

In her own words: "I am a Malaysian Chinese American writer with fiction, poetry and non-fiction (mostly poetry) published or forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Tor.com, Fantasy Magazine, Abyss & Apex, Star*Line, Dreams and Nightmares, If There's Anyone Left, Not One of Us, Illumen, TERSE. Journal, Arsenika, and Mithila Review. I attended Viable Paradise in 2019 and won third place in the 2020 Dream Foundry Writing Contest, judged by Neil Clarke and S. L. Huang. I have also served as an assistant at InkWell Management, a literary agency, and currently read for khōréō, a speculative fiction magazine featuring immigrant and diaspora writers and stories."

Phoebe will be interviewed by contest coordinator William Ledbetter.

Lauren Blake is the second-place winner of the 2020 Dream Foundry art contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

Lauren is a seattle-based illustrator with a passion for storytelling. www.laurenblakeart.com

Join us as we take a walk through The World Of Reverie with artist Surrealismac, and explore the process of painting beyond the canvas, to building worlds with art and writing.

Michaela MacBlake (Mac) Matthews is the third place winner of the 2020 Dream Foundry art contest: https://dreamfoundry.org/contest-winners/

In her own words: "Each piece that I create further explores The World Of Reverie, the home-realm of all dreamscapes and stories that compose Surrealismac.

The culture of this world has many similarities to our own; Reverie Folk spend their time balancing thoughts and feelings, with curiosity at their forefront. Unlike many Earth dwellers, however, Reverie is not generally concerned with units of time or survival. Though innately magical, Reverie is not an un-scientific world. Rather, it is one where emotions present as tangible 'auras', noticeably affecting matter, weather patterns, and other Folk. To them, magic is an extension of science, and all the more intriguing for it."

Michaela will be interviewed by an industry professional, Ingrid Kallick.