Rachel Fenton, also known as Rae Joyce (born 1976), is a graphic novel artist and author from New Zealand.
Born Rachel J. Fenton in 1976, in Yorkshire, she moved to New Zealand in 2007. She currently uses the pen name Rae Joyce.
Joyce graduated from
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Cr ...
in 2007 with a BA in English Studies.
With
Sarah Laing
Sarah Laing (born 1973) is a New Zealand author, graphic novelist and graphic designer.
Background
Laing was born in 1973 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, United States and grew up in Palmerston North, New Zealand. As a teenager she moved to W ...
and
Indira Neville, Joyce is the co-editor of
''Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics''.
In 2013 she won the 7th Annual Short Fiction Prize (in association with
Plymouth University
The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...
).
She won the 2013 Flash Frontier Winter Award for excellence in writing.
She was the runner up for the 2014 Dundee International Book Prize and her poem "Amazon" was longlisted for the
Fish Publishing International Poetry Prize. She was also shortlisted for
The Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize
and won the 2011–2012
AUT
AUT may refer to the following.
Locations
*Austria (ISO 3166-1 country code)
* Agongointo-Zoungoudo Underground Town, Benin
*Aktio–Preveza Undersea Tunnel, Greece
*Airstrip on Atauro Island, East Timor (IATA airport code)
Organizations
* Arr ...
New Zealand Creative Writing Competition prize for short graphic fiction.
In 2014 she was selected to be part of the Graphic Novelist Exchange (organised by Publishers Association of New Zealand, the Taipei Book Fair Foundation, and the
New Zealand Book Council
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly the New Zealand Book Council) is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes to promote books and reading in New Zealand.
History
It was established in 1972 as a response to UNESCO's ...
), alongside Tim Gibson and
Ant Sang
Ant Sang is a fifth generation Chinese New Zealander comic book artist and designer. He is perhaps best known for his work on the animated show ''Bro'Town''.
Career
While studying graphic design at the then Auckland Institute of Technology in the ...
. This led to the collaborative book ''Island to Island'' with Tapei-based artists Sean Chuang, 61Chi and Ahn Zhe.
Joyce is featured in the Hicksville Press directory of New Zealand cartoonists and comics creators, ''New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels.'' In 2022, she won the
NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize is an award for published and unpublished New Zealand writers. It is named after New Zealand writer Laura Solomon, who died in 2019, and funded by a gift from her family. It was first awarded in 2021.
Histor ...
with her novel ''Between the Flags'' which was published by Cuba Press.
References
External links
Snow Like Thought - Blog by Rae Joyce
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Living people
1976 births
Writers from Yorkshire
English emigrants to New Zealand
New Zealand comics artists
New Zealand fiction writers
New Zealand women short story writers
New Zealand women poets
New Zealand female comics artists