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Mervyn Seivwright [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
APO, AE
Armed Forces Europe US
Email: 
deepcobra13@gmail.com
Bio: 

Mervyn Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness & poetry craft for humane growth. He is a nomad from a Jamaican family, born in London, England, & left for America at age 10, now residing in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is a Spalding University MFA Graduate & has appeared in AGNI, American Journal of Poetry, Salamander Magazine, African American Review, & 71 other journals across 12 countries, receiving recognition as the 2024 Marvin E Williams Literary Prize winner and as a 2021/2023 Pushcart Nominee. His new collection is “Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn,” Broken Sleep Books. (https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product... [2]).

Link:  https://www.clippings.me/mervynseivwright [3]

 

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Pablo Neruda, Robert Hayden, Roger Robinson, Nikki Giovanni, Kwame Dawes
Twitter/X: 
https://twitter.com/Deepcobra
Born in: 
London
United Kingdom
Raised in: 
Multiple Places
Website: 
https://www.clippings.me/mervynseivwrigh… [3]
Prizes won: 
  • Winner of the Marvin E Williams Literary Prize, The Caribbean Writer, 2024, Virgin Islands
  • Finalist for the C. P. Cavafy Prize, The Poetry International Online, 2024
  • Pangyrus Literary Magazine 2023 Pushcart Nominee, 2023
  • Santa Fe Literary Review 2021 Pushcart Nominee, 2021
  • Second Runner-Up for Mount Island’s Lucy Terry Prince Poetry Contest, 2020
  • Third Place for Black in White Poetry Competition, 2022, England
  • Honorable Mention for Voices Israel's 31st Rose Ruben Annual Poetry Competition, 2021, Israel
  • Finalist for CutBank Literary Journal Annual Genre Contest, 2021
  • Semi-Finalist, Sundress Publication, 2023 E-Chapbook Contest, 2023
  • Semi-Finalist for the Midwest Review's Poetry Contest, 2020
  • Shortlisted for Hammond House International Literary Prize, 2023, United Kingdom
Education: 
Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University
What I'm reading now: 
The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop, How to Decolonize The Creative Classroom by Felica Rose Chavez
Everyday Mojo Songs of Earth by Yusef Komunyakaa
Identifies as: 
Caribbean American
Prefers to work with: 
Any

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/mervyn_seivwright [2] https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/mervyn-seivwright-stick-hook-and-a-pile-of-yarn [3] https://www.clippings.me/mervynseivwright