editing
A focus-oriented copywriter and editor with exceptional communication and English skills. Gabbi has worked within the creative and professional fields.
Content and Tender Writer
June 2021 - Current
Acacia EAP
Development and creation of a diverse range of written content, including tenders, informational tip sheets and wellbeing magazine. Management, coordination, and creation of a tender library and database of tender documentation, including CVs, Capability and Experience Statements, Organisational charts, etc.
Copywriter
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
National College of Australia
Developed and edited learning resources for online colleges. Ensured content adheres to the Government standards and framework. Followed established product development guidelines to meet compliance. Read and evaluated content for grammatical errors and style consistency.
Copyeditor
Sept 2020 - Nov 2020
ScratchThat Magazine
Edited and polished copy to maintain content consistency across multiple channels. Principal copyeditor for the magazine's fortnightly newsletter, while also focusing on fiction and visual poetry submissions. Worked to a style guide based on Australian editing standards.
Works include Jack Bell’s Bandwidth; Amber Lee’s Bow and Tie; Chris Holdsworth’s Water Snake; and Ciaran Greig’s Close Enough to Lick.
Editorial Board Member
Feb 2020 - Sept 2020
ScratchThat Magazine
Oversaw a team of over twenty creators and published two online issues. Streamlined process from ideation to final product within strict deadlines. Edited and refined manuscripts, including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Manuscripts worked with include Kellie Fellfodi’s Nine Lives; Jack Bell's The Soft Skin; Anahita Ebrahimi Commute; Ebony Frisina’s Rat Poison; and Christian Reitano’s When You’re Happy.
writing
Gabbi's stories are an extension of her brain. Her interest in speculative fiction as a child intertwines with the Australian settings she grew up around to become something that is hers.
She is predominately a short story writer.
short story
Set in an dystopian-esque Brisbane, the piece examines censorship in literature and art, while inadvertently exploring views of Australian cultural cringe.
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The piece won the QUT undergraduate Allen and Unwin Writer's Prize in 2020.
short story
her love follows the rubbles of a relationship between Abby, a human, and Charlie, a robot. The piece explores follows power dynamics and dwindling hope in a world unlike our own.
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The short story can be found in ScratchThat's third issue.