Aliyah Knight is a Black, queer storyteller based on Wangal land, whose works occupy a space where the personal meets political. Their debut play SNAKEFACE was shortlisted for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing at the 2026 NSW Literary Awards. They are a resident playwright with STC. Their writing appears or is forthcoming in Strange Pilgrims, Island, and Kill Your Darlings, and they are currently writing their debut novel.
Selected work
Fanatics
Strange Pilgrims, 2026
The age of again
Island Magazine, 2026
Genesis, apple-Eve, nerve endings
Island Magazine, 2026
There’s an Earthquake in Dublin
Rattle, 2026
Birth of the Author
Soon
The Baffler
Firedaddy
Soon
Kill Your Darlings
This Is What It Feels Like
Soon
New Ohio Review
The Urge
Soon
Westerly Magazine
Baby Daddy
Soon
Sans. PRESS
You’d bury a metaphor
Soon
The Rumpus