Brent Calderwood

Author's Bio

Brent Calderwood is a Bay Area journalist and poet. His essays and reviews appear widely. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Journal, Poets & Artists, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, Gertrude, Art & Understanding, modern words, and in the books Poets 11 and Solace in So Many Words. He serves as Bay Area editor for Locuspoint.org and Associate Editor for LambdaLiterary.org.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Divining Divas (Lethe Press, 2012), Poets 11 (San Francisco Public Library, 2010)

Journals:

American Poetry Journal, Art & Understanding, Black Robert Journal, Gertrude, Modern Words, Poets & Artists, Slow Trains, The Cherry Blossom Review, The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, The Innisfree Poetry Journal

Prizes:

2011: Winner, Atlanta Queer Lit Broadside Contest, Judge Mark Doty
2011: Squaw Valley Community of Writers Fellowship 2010: Winner, San Francisco Public Library "Poets 11" contest, Sunset District section, judge Jack Hirschman 2008: Napa Valley Writers Conference Fellowship 2008: Lambda Literary Foundation Fellowship 2007: Lambda Literary Foundation Fellowship 2003: Stonewall Award for Creative Writing, San Francisco State University 2003: San Francisco Browning Society Dramatic Monlologue Award 2001: Finalist, Phelan Award from San Francisco Intersection for the Arts 1998: Charles Knebel Poetry Award

Brent Calderwood Resume

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Listing last updated: June 7, 2011

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

European American, G/L/B/T, Scotch-Irish American

Prefers to work with:

Adults, Any, Children, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender, People with Disabilities, Seniors, Teachers, Teenagers

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

Hayward, CA

Raised in:

San Leandro, CA

Agent:

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Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

Two Poems
(The Innisfree Poetry Journal)