Tayla Richardson is a poet, artist and disability advocate, living on Wurundjeri land. She creates to connect and untangle perceptions of ambiguous loss, hope and impermanence, drawing on her experience living with a rare neuromuscular condition. Tayla was a 2024 Australian Poetry Slam state finalist, winner of a University of Sydney art prize and highly commended in the 2023 Writability and 2025 Varuna Writers Space Fellowships. Her poetry has featured in art exhibitions, International Poetry Short Film Festivals and can be found online with RUSSH magazine. Tayla is currently writing a poetic memoir and developing a universally designed art exhibition.