APS 2026 Finalists / APS 2026 – Queensland Finalists / Maggie Walsh
MAGGIE WALSH
APS 2026 Sydney Final artwork features performing writer Dai Moret. Artwork design: APS 2026 artwork design: Rachel Stone Designs, DEFNE and Adara Enthaler. Concept: Miles Merrill and the Word Travels team. Poem excerpt in design: APS Champion 2025 – Arantza Garcia Ferrand.
Maggie Walsh is a Bwgcolman Kalkadoon poet, comedian, actor and sustainable fashion designer. Based in Inala, she is a proud 62-year-old grandmother of eleven and cares for two of her teenage grandchildren. Maggie has shared her poetry at various writers’ festivals over the years and is passionate about encouraging young people to write, express themselves and share their stories.
– See the APS Queensland Finalists compete for the crown of APS ‘26 Queensland State Final Champion at the 2026 Queensland APS Final on 17 October at Queensland Multicultural Centre.