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BanWynn Oakshadow [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer
Email: 
vargkung@gmail.com
Bio: 

BanWynn Oakshadow is a hermit, hippie, experimental beat poet, speculative fiction writer, nature photographer, cultural historian, social activist, husband, father, adult survivor of child abuse, stroke survivor, mentally ill, agraphic, dyslexic, diabetic, gay, pagan, widower, disabled veteran, and a Cancer. He tries to use every bit of that in his writing. A self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, BanWynn has no degrees in eight interesting majors.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Moon, Christopher Moore, Spider Robinson, Kobayashi Issa, Ginsberg, Black Elk, Mel Keegan, Snorri Sturluson, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond Feist, W.A. Hoffman
Born in: 
Dayton, OH
Ohio
Raised in: 
many
Prizes won: 

2017 Leo Literary Award (Poetry) "A Deafening Dirge"

2020 Leo Literary Award (Short Fiction) "Ember in the Night"

What I'm reading now: 
The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
We Live for Half Moons (published review) by Weasel
New Coyote (published review) by Michael Bergey
Sodomy & the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the 17th Century Carribean by B.R. Burg
The Student: Volume I (writing review) by Joe Sherman
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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