I’m Jane, I’m from Aotearoa New Zealand, and I live in the UK. I’m a former New Zealand representative swimmer and a proud alumna of Washington State University.
I am represented by Sara Langham at David Higham Associates.
In my late teens and early twenties, I held the New Zealand women’s 200m breaststroke record, swimming for Washington State in the NCAA. My work explores the psychological cost of elite performance and the intersection of sport, reputation and identity. I also write about issues of political change and the connection between a sense of place and social outcomes. To date, my work has been featured in or recognised by the publications/contests below.
I am on Bluesky at @janecopland and Instagram as @janecopland.
“The Angel, Islington” was published by Witness Magazine in 2023 “Just to You”, long-listed in the 2023 Brick Lane Bookshop prize, and published in the anthology “Lessons Learned At A Late Night Pizza Place Off The Champs Élysées“, published in JMWW Public swimming pool abuse, published in the Independent “I Don’t Mind, This Could Be The Last Time”, published in Ellipsis Zine 8 “Our Side of the Clouds“, originally published in Entropy Magazine “With Honors“, published in trampset. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize “About The Skating“, published in Newsroom “Wrath, Nursed and Kept Warm“, published by Overheard Magazine. Nominated for Best of the Net “From Carisbrook With Love“, published in VirtualZine “Champagne Diaspora“, published in Another Chicago Magazine “The Seen“, published by Fairlight Books “Girl, Boxed“, published by Fairlight Books “Oblations“, published by Reflex Fiction “Pretty Girls in Places Like This“, finalist London Independent Story Prize “Davy Jones and the Cape“, finalist in the Intrepid Times travel writing competition “A Trading Post on the 117th Meridian West“, published by Ellipsis Zine “Rose, An Epithet“, published in Expat Lit Press “Madonna and the Floor at Gate A12, Seattle Tacoma International Airport“, published by Hayden’s Ferry Review “Viva“, published by Spelk “Courtenay Place, Two Sections Please” was published in the Tandem Press anthology of flash fiction “Obstructing the Doors Can Be Dangerous” was published in Litro Magazine in May 2023 “The Eighth Rule of Fight Club” was published on the Superstition Review blog in November 2023 “Under London”, a precursor to “Obstructing the Doors Can Be Dangerous” was awarded Best Fiction and published by LandEscapes in 2004
