She has translated sixteen collections of the work of contemporary Japanese women poets. In 2007, she was awarded the Donald Keene Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature by Columbia University, USA for Ferris Wheel: 101 Modern and Contemporary Japanese Tanka (Cheng & Tsui, Boston). Amelia’s own tanka have been widely published in journals and anthologies and awarded internationally. Six collections of her original poetry have appeared between 2002 and 2010, the most recent being Banbles, bangles & Beads (2007) and Light on Water (2010). Weaver Birds and Words Flower, collections of bilingual tanka created by Amelia and Japanese born Canberra poet, Saeko Ogi were published in 2010 and 2011 respectively.