Eleanor Jackson is a Filipino Australian poet, performer, arts producer and radio broadcaster.

Two-time winner of the Midsumma Poetry Out Loud slam and recent National Poetry Slam finalist, Eleanor has featured at the Overload Poetry, Queensland Poetry, Melbourne Writers, Brisbane Writers, Anywhere Theatre and Woodford Folk festivals.

Her audio poems have been published in Overland Journal, Going Down Swinging and the Cordite Poetry Review, while recordings of her work have been featured on RRR’s “Aural Text”, 3CR’s “Spoken Word”, ABC Radio National’s “Night Air” and the online poetry channel, “IndieFeed: Performance Poetry”. Her video poetry collaboration with Doubting Thomas “Just before you died” was the winner of the Queensland Poetry Festival Filmmakers Challenge in 2012 and has been featured on Wunce Magazine and Slam TV.

Eleanor is the Spoken Word curator for Brisbane Emerging Art Festival 2013

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