Oscar Revelins studied theatre, film, and television at the University of California, Los Angeles, before pivoting to English Literature and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia.
He was born in Melbourne, spent nine years in Los Angeles, and then two years in Perth, before settling back in Melbourne, where he currently resides.
In 2026, he was shortlisted for Griffith Review’s Emerging Voices competition with Robert & Christina, came Runner-Up for the Peter Carey Short Story Prize with Famous Friend (published with Overland), and was longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize with The Light Declines (published in Varnish Issue 1).
In 2025, he self-published his first novel Delicate Friends, won the Varnish Prize for Fiction with The Light Declines, received third prize at the My Brother Jack Literary Awards with Bishops, and was selected for the Perth Queer Film Festival with After The Funeral.
