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Derek Dew [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
New York, NY
New York US
Email: 
titaniumsvelt@yahoo.com
Bio: 

"Dew is an exciting and complex new voice in contemporary poetry" --- Publishers Weekly

Dew's poetry collection “Riddle Field” received the 2019 Test Site Poetry Prize from

the Black Mountain Institute/University of Nevada.  His poems have appeared in a number of

anthologies, and have been published in a variety of journals, including Interim, Twyckenham

Notes, The Maynard, The Curator, Two Hawks Quarterly, Tempered Runes Press, and Cathexis

Northwest Press.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Born in: 
CA
California
Website: 
https://derekthomasdew.com [2]
Prizes won: 

 

 2021: Interviewed by The Maynard literary journal

 2019: 2019 Test Site Poetry Prize for Riddle Field

 2019: Semi-Finalist, Elixir Press Antivenom Award for Riddle Field.

 2019 Oregon Opportunity Grant ($6000)

 2018: Semi-Finalist, Elixir Press Poetry Prize for Riddle Field

 2017: Semi-Finalist, Word Works Washington Prize for Riddle Field

 2017: Semi-Finalist, Antivenom Award, Elixir Press for Almond Psalm

 2017: Winner of an Omnidawn Workshop Scholarship

 2015: Semi-Finalist, Brittingham Prize for Almond Psalm

 2014: Semi-Finalist, Word Works Washington Prize for Almond Psalm

Identifies as: 
American

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/derek_dew

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/derek_dew [2] https://derekthomasdew.com