Izzy Roberts-Orr is a poet, writer, and performance maker based on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Regional Victoria. Her work spans poetry, theatre, audio, and site-responsive art, often exploring themes of intimacy, grief, and transformation. Her debut poetry collection, Raw Salt (Vagabond Press, 2024), was shortlisted for the Colorado Prize for Poetry and won the Anne Elder Award for a debut poetry collection. A recipient of the BR Whiting Residency (Rome, 2026), ASAL Fellowship (2025) and Varuna’s Pitch Me! Fellowship (2024), her performance and interdisciplinary works have been commissioned by Forest Fringe, Melbourne Fringe, Junction Arts Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne, ATYP, You Are Here, and Young Arts Paris. She has held residencies at Bundanon and The Wheeler Centre, and was awarded the Marten Bequest Scholarship for Poetry. Izzy is currently developing Medusa is a Modern Woman, a new work that reimagines the famous gorgon in contemporary times. Using the “metaphysical I” (Lasky, 2013) of persona poetry, the work interrogates rape culture, power dynamics, and survival while imagining liberatory future possibilities. She also works as Creative Producer for Red Room Poetry, commissioning and curating poetry projects across digital and live platforms - and as Festival Director of Mountain Writers' Festival.