Frank William Finney

Poet

MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
frank.william.finney@gmail.com
Website: 
www.clippings.me/users/frank-wil…
Twitter/X: 
@FinneyFw

Author's Bio

Frank William Finney is a poet and former lecturer from Massachusetts.  He lived in Thailand from 1995 until 2020, where he taught literature at Thammasat University.  His poems have appeared in Bakunawa Press (Philippines), Brussels Review (Belgium), The Literary Times (Pakistan), Offerte Speciale (Italy), The Nation (Thailand), The Paradox Magazine (Germany), The Plentitudes (USA), Pocket Fiction (UK), Taint Taint Taint (USA), The Wise Owl (India), among others. He published two poetry collections in Thailand, The Dissolution of the Sparkling Bridge, and Songs of Insomnia (Suksit Siam).  His latest chapbook The Folding of the Wings was published by Finishing Line Press.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Summer Bludgeon (Unsettling Reads, 2022)
,
Dashboard Horus (Sybaritic Press, 2021)
,
Universal Oneness (Authors Press, 2019)
,
From the Four-Chambered Heart (Sybaritic Press, 2013)
,
Positively Poetry (New Hope International, 1995)
,
The Starving Poets Cookbook (Free Lunch Arts Alliance, 1994)
Chapbook:
The Folding of the Wings (Finishing Line Press, 2022)
Journals:
Aireings
,
Alternate Route
,
Apostrophe
,
Ardent!
,
Aromatica Poetica
,
Bitterroot
,
Blue Unicorn
,
Bluebird Word
,
Bohemian Chronicle
,
Book of Matches
,
Calliope Magazine
,
Candelabrum
,
Cathexis Northwest Press
,
Closed Eye Open
,
CommuterLit.com
,
Compass Rose
,
Constellations
,
Daily Drunk
,
Discretionary Love
,
Door is a Jar Magazine
,
Drawn to the Light Press
,
Dream International Quarterly
,
Dry Creek Review
,
FEH!
,
Firewords
,
Fleas on the Dog
,
Flora Fiction
,
Foolscap
,
Fowl Feathered Review
,
Free Lunch
,
Free Xpression
,
Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine
,
From Whispers to Roars
,
Glass Cherry
,
Grand Little Things
,
Great Midwestern Quarterly
,
Green Hills Literary Lantern
,
Green Mountains Review
,
Haiku Quarterly
,
Hare's Paw
,
Hedge Apple
,
Indefinite Space
,
Innisfree
,
Iodine Poetry Journal
,
Iota
,
Japanophile
,
Jersey Devil Press
,
Journal of Undiscovered Poets
,
Krax
,
Language and Culture.net
,
Last Leaves Magazine
,
Light
,
Lilliput Review
,
Lucky Jefferson
,
MacGuffin
,
Maryland Poetry Review
,
Medicinal Purposes
,
Metaworker
,
Midwest Poetry Review
,
Moss Piglet
,
New Collage Magazine
,
New Note Poetry
,
Nuthouse
,
Orbis
,
Orchards Poetry Journal
,
Paris/Atlantic
,
Parnassus Literary Journal
,
Penumbra
,
Poetpourri
,
Poetry and COVID
,
Poetry Nottingham
,
Poetry Pacific
,
Point Judith Light
,
Poor Yorick
,
Portrait of New England
,
Potpourri
,
Press Pause
,
Prometheus Dreaming
,
Prophetic Voices
,
Psychopoetica
,
Pulsar Poetry Magazine
,
Raw Art Review
,
RE:AL
,
Red Flag Poetry
,
Red River Review
,
Rockford Review
,
Route 7 Review
,
Rue Scribe
,
Sensations Magazine
,
Slipstream
,
Songs of Eretz Poetry Review
,
South Ash Press
,
Spank the Carp
,
Spillway
,
Staple
,
Stepping Stones Magazine
,
Sticks
,
Stone Poetry Quarterly
,
Streetlight Magazine
,
Terror House Magazine
,
The Deronda Review
,
The Disappointed Housewife
,
The Iconoclast
,
The Plaza
,
The RavensPerch
,
Thieving Magpie
,
Thirteen Poetry Magazine
,
Tight
,
Tofu Ink Arts Press
,
Unstamatic
,
Variant Literature
,
Verandah
,
Vine Leaves Literary Journal
,
Weyfarers
,
Wild Goose Poetry Review
,
Wildfire Words
,
Workers Write!
Prizes won: 
  • Poetpourri Special Merit, 1994;
  • Staple Open Poetry Competition prize; England, 1997,
  • Scottish International Poetry Competition diploma prize, 1997.  
  • Love the Words-Dylan Thomas Day Contest (Long List, May-2023)
  • Joint Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Poetry (May-June 2023)
  • Poetry Chapbook Long List 2023: Kari Ann Flickinger Biennial Memorial Literary Prize
  • Frosted Fire Fourth Annual Single-poem Competition, England (Long List 2023)
  • The 'Dark Poets Prize,' UK (Honourable Mention, 2024)
  • Harvest Harmony Contest 2024 (Choeofpleirn Press - Kansas, USA)
  • Finalist in the Derick Burleson Poetry Contest (Choeofpleirn Press - Kansas, USA)
  • 2024 Concrete Wolf Louis Award - Oregon, USA (Honorable Mention)

 

 

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Born in: 
MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Dec 19, 2024