Michael Stalcup

Poet

Bangkok
Thailand
Bangkok TH
Email: 
michaelmstalcup@gmail.com
Website: 
michaelstalcup.com
Twitter/X: 
@michael_stalcup

Author's Bio

Michael Stalcup is a Thai-American missionary and poet living in Bangkok, Thailand. His poetry has been published in Commonweal Magazine, First Things, The Moth, Sojourners, The Lent Project, and elsewhere. He leads the PAX Fellowship's Writing as Spiritual Formation Cohort and Spirit & Scribe, a workshop integrating spiritual formation and writing craft. You can find his work at michaelstalcup.com and subscribe to his newsletter at michaelstalcup.substack.com.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
I've Got a Bad Case of Poetry (Bandersnatch Books, 2025)
,
Remembering That It Happened Once: Christmas Carmen for Spiritual Life All Year Long (Resource Publications, 2021)
Journals:
Archetype
,
Asian American Christian Collaborative
,
Commonweal
,
Cultivating Journal
,
Ekphrastic Review
,
Ekstasis Magazine
,
Faithfully Magazine
,
Fare Forward
,
Fathom
,
Firewords
,
First Things
,
Geez
,
Inheritance
,
Moth
,
Poems for Ephesians
,
Poets Reading the News
,
Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry
,
Sojourners
,
Solum Journal
,
Verse Daily
,
What Rough Beast
Prizes won: 

2025 Frederick Buechner Award for Excellence in Writing (Fuller Theological Seminary)

Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest:

  • 2nd Place (Traditional Sonnet), 2020 (Judge: Marilyn Taylor)
  • 2nd Special Merit (Traditional Sonnet), 2021 (Judge: Mary Hanford Bruce)
  • 1st Special Merit (Modern Sonnet), 2022 (Judge: Steven Concert)
  • 2nd Special Merit (Traditional Sonnet), 2023 (Judge: Brian Palmer)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
American, Asian American, BIPOC, Christian, Mixed-Race, Southeast Asian
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English, Thai
Born in: 
CA
California
Raised in: 
CA
California
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Last update: Apr 07, 2026