Ryan Caidic

Poet

Denmark
DK
Website: 
ryancaidic.com/#poetry

Author's Bio

Ryan Caidic is a Filipino creative director and poet based in Denmark. His work has been published in anthologies and journals across the US, Asia and Europe, including Poetry Wales, Breakwater Review, Southword elsewhere.

He is the winner of London's inaugural Bermondsey Literary Festival, second in the 2024 Spring Onyx Poetry Prize, highly commended in the 2023 Wales Poetry Award, and shortlisted for many honors like the Peseroff Prize and the Bridport Prize.

He has been featured in the Story Discovery Podcast by Onyx Publications, where he discusses diaspora poetry and the creative process.

After living in Hamburg for two years, he now enjoys Denmark's quiet fjords and rolling hills with his wife and two kids. 

His debut collection, 50 Ways Home, a hybrid book of poems and photos, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press (US) in 2026.

Check out his work at https://www.ryancaidic.com/#poetry
Listen to the podcast on Spotify https://bitly.cx/zbfHS or Apple Podcast https://bitly.cx/peCWA 
 

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Bitchin' Kitsch
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Breakwater Review
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Etched Onyx Magazine
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Eunoia Review
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Mobius: The Journal of Social Change
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Poetry Wales
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Rising Phoenix Review
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Southword
Prizes won: 

First Prize, Bermondsey Literary Festival (UK, 2025)
Second Prize, Spring Onyx Poetry Contest (US, 2024)
Highly Commended, Chesham Literary Festival (UK, 2025)
Highly Commended, International Fool for Poetry Chapbook Prize (UK, 2024)
Highly Commended, Wales Poetry Award (UK, 2023)
Shortlist, Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize (UK, 2025)
Shortlist, Beyond Words (ITA, 2025)
Shortlist, South Warwickshire Literary Festival (UK, 2025)
Shortlist, Ironbridge Festival (UK, 2025)
Shortlist, Bridport Prize (UK, 2024, 2025)
Shortlist, Peseroff Prize (US, 2024)
Shortlist, Prism Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize (CA, 2024)
Shortlist, Wolverhampton Festival (UK, 2024)
Longlist, Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year (UK, 2024)
Longlist, Yeovil Festival (UK, 2023)

More Information

Fluent in: 
English, Filipino/Tagalog
Born in: 
Philippines
Raised in: 
Philippines
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Last update: Aug 04, 2025