UNSWeetened Launch: DAZE

UNSWeetened is Arc's annual literary journal. For 28 years, UNSWeetened has been a home for all creatives across UNSW and this year, we celebrate the work of over 70 authors, editors, and designers at UNSW Bookshop on 24/09.

Our theme this year is Daze, a response to lead editor Annabella Luu's sense of restlessness and confusion in this eddying world. In Daze 2026, authors’ words jitter with dissatisfaction, weaving the intimate with the systemic in hopes of finding reprieve. 

Come to receive a copy, listen to featured readings from the authors, and celebrate UNSWeetened’s achievements! Our guest judges will be announcing prize winners; and we'll have a very special guest Troy Wong bless us with some readings. Wong was shortlisted in the 2026 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize and won the 2025 Nomad Review Poetry Prize. His debut collection, Three Durians, is out now from Cordite Books.

We have a few more surprises installed, and we hope to see you at the UNSWeetened Launch this Diversity Fest at the UNSW Bookshop!