Derek Thomas Dew

Poet

Manchester, NH

New Hampshire US

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"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.

Book:

Riddle Field (University of Nevada Press, 2020)

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

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

American

Born in:

California

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Last update: Jul 27, 2023