Alejandra Martinez
Alejandra Martinez is an Australian-Uruguayan writer whose stories have been published in a range of anthologies and magazines, including Best Australian Stories (Black Inc), Girls Talk and Puentes Review. Her writing explores migration, diversity and universal themes of identity, loss, ageing, mental health and resilience.
Alejandra was the winner of the 2022 Newcastle Writers Festival Fresh Ink Emerging Writer Prize, and her debut novel, Salsa in the Suburbs, was published in 2025 by Puncher and Wattmann.