Frank William Finney

Poet

MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
[email protected]
Website: 
frankwilliamfinney.net
Twitter/X: 
@BlueSky: @frankwfinney.bksky.social

Author's Bio

Frank William Finney is a poet and former lecturer from Massachusetts.  He lived in Thailand from 1995 until 2020, where he taught literature at Thammasat University.  His poems have appeared in Bakunawa Press (Philippines), The Literary Times (Pakistan), Offerte Speciale (Italy), Parcham Magazine (India), The Nation (Thailand), The Paradox Magazine (Germany), Porch Lit Mag (Indonesia), Taint Taint Taint (USA), Ultramarine Literary Review (Chile), among others. He published two poetry collections in Thailand, The Dissolution of the Sparkling Bridge, and Songs of Insomnia (Suksit Siam).  His chapbooks include The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press, 2022), and Birds in a Boneyard (Bainbridge Island Press, 2025).

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
DNDP (Dog Named Dog Press, 2026)
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Freedom 250? (Moonstone Press, 2026)
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Out to Sea Anthology (Four Tulips, 2026)
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Harvest Harmony (Choeofpleirn Press, 2024)
,
Summer Bludgeon (Unsettling Reads, 2022)
,
Dashboard Horus (Sybaritic Press, 2021)
,
Purifying Wind (Moon Shadow Sanctuary Press, 2020)
,
Universal Oneness (Authors Press, 2019)
,
From the Four-Chambered Heart (Sybaritic Press, 2013)
,
Positively Poetry (New Hope International, 1995)
,
The Starving Poets Cookbook (Free Lunch Arts Alliance, 1994)
Books:
Preludes to Lethe (Kelsay Books, 2026)
,
Songs of Insomnia (Suksit Siam, 2011)
,
The Dissolution of the Sparkling Bridge (Suksit Siam, 1997)
Chapbooks:
Birds in a Boneyard (Bainbridge Island Press, 2025)
,
The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
Journals:
Aireings
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Alternate Route
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Apostrophe
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Arcanist
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Ardent!
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Aromatica Poetica
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Bitter Melon Review
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Bitterroot
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Blood+Honey
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Blue Unicorn
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Bluebird Word
,
Blydyn Square Review
,
Bohemian Chronicle
,
Book of Matches
,
Brussels Review
,
Calliope Magazine
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Candelabrum
,
Candlelit Chronicles
,
Cathexis Northwest Press
,
Closed Eye Open
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CommuterLit.com
,
Compass Rose
,
Constellations
,
Daily Drunk
,
Dark Poets Club
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Dark Winter Magazine
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Discretionary Love
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Door is a Jar Magazine
,
Drawn to the Light Press
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Dream International Quarterly
,
Drift & Dribble Miscellany
,
Dry Creek Review
,
FEH!
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Firewords
,
Fleas on the Dog
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Flora Fiction
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Foolscap
,
Four Tulips
,
Fowl Feathered Review
,
Free Lunch
,
Free Xpression
,
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine
,
Frogmore Papers
,
From Whispers to Roars
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Genre Society
,
Gilded Weathervane
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Glass Cherry
,
Grand Little Things
,
Great Midwestern Quarterly
,
Green Hills Literary Lantern
,
Green Mountains Review
,
Haiku Quarterly
,
Hare's Paw
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Hedge Apple
,
Hemlock Journal
,
Indefinite Space
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Innisfree
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Iodine Poetry Journal
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Iota
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Isele Magazine
,
Japanophile
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Jersey Devil Press
,
Journal of Undiscovered Poets
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Kelp Journal
,
Killer Nashville
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Krax
,
Language and Culture.net
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Last Leaves Magazine
,
Light
,
Lilliput Review
,
Literary Cocktail
,
Literary Veganism
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Lucky Jefferson
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MacGuffin
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Macrame
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Maryland Poetry Review
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Medicinal Purposes
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Metaworker
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Midsummer Dream House
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Midwest Poetry Review
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Moss Piglet
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New Collage Magazine
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New Note Poetry
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NOVUS Literary and Arts Journal
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Nuthouse
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Orbis
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Orchards Poetry Journal
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Paris/Atlantic
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Parnassus Literary Journal
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Penumbra
,
Perceptions
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Pocket Fiction
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Poetpourri
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Poetry and COVID
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Poetry Habitat
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Poetry Lighthouse
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Poetry Nottingham
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Poetry Pacific
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Point Judith Light
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Poor Yorick
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Porch LitMag
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Portrait of New England
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Potpourri
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Press Pause
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Prometheus Dreaming
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Prophetic Voices
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Psychopoetica
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Pulsar Poetry Magazine
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Rat Bag Lit
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Raw Art Review
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Rawhead Journal
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RE:AL
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Red Flag Poetry
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Red River Review
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Remington Review
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Rockford Review
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Route 7 Review
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Rue Scribe
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Rundelania
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Sensations Magazine
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Seventh Quarry/Swansea Wales
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SHINE Quarterly
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Slipstream
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Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
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South Ash Press
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Spank the Carp
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Spillway
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Staple
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Stepping Stones Magazine
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Sticks
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Still Here Magazine
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Stone Poetry Quarterly
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Streetlight Magazine
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Terror House Magazine
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The Deronda Review
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The Disappointed Housewife
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The Iconoclast
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The Penmen Review
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The Plaza
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The Plentitudes
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The RavensPerch
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Thieving Magpie
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Thirteen Poetry Magazine
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Tight
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Tiny Prophecies
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tiny wren lit
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Tofu Ink Arts Press
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TrashLight
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Ultramarine Literary Review
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Unstamatic
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Variant Literature
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Verandah
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Vine Leaves Literary Journal
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Viridine
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Wells Street Journal
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Weyfarers
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Wild Goose Poetry Review
,
Wildfire Words
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Wise Owl
,
Workers Write!
Prizes won: 
  • Poetpourri Special Merit, 1994;
  • Staple Open Poetry Competition prize; England, 1997,
  • Scottish International Poetry Competition diploma prize, 1997.  
  • Variant Literature: The 2020 Open Mss Call (Long List, 2020) for Cobwebs in the Cadillac
  • Love the Words-Dylan Thomas Day Contest (Long List, May-2023)
  • Joint Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry (May-June 2023)
  • Poetry Chapbook Long List 2023: Kari Ann Flickinger Biennial Memorial Literary Prize
  • Frosted Fire Fourth Annual Single-poem Competition, England (Long List 2023)
  • The 'Dark Poets Prize,' UK (Honourable Mention, 2024)
  • Harvest Harmony Contest 2024 (Choeofpleirn Press - Kansas, USA)
  • Finalist in the Derick Burleson Poetry Contest (Choeofpleirn Press - Kansas, USA)
  • 2024 Concrete Wolf Louis Award - Oregon, USA (Honorable Mention)
  • 2026 Heart Poetry Award (Nostalgia Press) South Carolina, USA)
  • Contest Finalist -Break the Rules Contest 2026  (Four Tulips Publishing- Chicago, Illinois) 

 

 

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MA
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Last update: Aug 30, 2026