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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Cambridge, MA

Massachusetts US

Bio:

Kevin McLellan is the author of: Sky. Pond. Mouth. (winner of the 2024 Granite State Poetry Prize selected by Alexandria Peary and a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award in Poetry); in other words you/ (winner of the 2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection selected by Timothy Liu); Ornitheology; Tributary; Round Trip and the book objects, Hemispheres and [box] which reside in several special collections including the Blue Star Collection at Harvard University. Kevin’s poems have won award including the Third Coast Poetry Prize and the Oscar Wild Award. Kevin also makes videos which have appeared in numerous film festivals including: Berlin Short Film Festival; Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival; the Vancouver Queer Film Festival; and the LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival in which "Dick" won Best Short Form Short. Kevin lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. https://kevmclellan.com/ [2]

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

James Schuyler, Maurice Blanchot, Hans Faverey, Jorie Graham, Sylvia Plath

Born in:

NH

New Hampshire

Raised in:

NH

New Hampshire

Website:

https://kevmclellan.com/ [2]

Prizes won:

Alexandria Peary selected Sky. Pond. Mouth. for the 2024 Granite State Poetry Prize which will be published by YAS Press in 2024. Sky. Pond. Mouth. was a finalist for the 2025 Thom Gunn Award.

Timothy Liu selected in other word you/ for the 2022 Hilary Tham Capital Collection and was published in 2023 by The Word Works.

ORNITHEOLOGY received honors at the 2019 Massachusetts Book Awards.

The poem "Anonymity" won the 2016 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award and the poem "Thereafter" won the 2015 Third Coast Poetry Prize judged by Ralph Angel.

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any