Xan Phillips
Xan Phillips is an American poet and visual artist from rural Ohio.
Education[]
In 2014, Phillips received a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, where they majored in Creative Writing and minored in Africana Studies.[1] While at Oberlin, they served as a board member for the Center for Women and Trans People and completed a two-year research fellowship in Black Poetics.[1]
They received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Virginia Tech in 2016.
Writing[]
Phillips poetry has been featured in BOMB, Poets.org, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Offing, The Journal, Nashville Review, Ninth Letter, Scalawag,[2] Best Experimental Writing, and We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics.
Painting[]
Phillips' painting has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Poetry Project, and American Poets Magazine.[3]
Awards and distinctions[]
Phillips has received fellowships from Oberlin College, Cave Canem (2016–2017),[4][5] The Conversation Literary Festival (2018),[6] Callaloo, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing (2019–2020), Brown University (2020–2021),[3] and University of Pittsburgh's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (2021–2023).[7][8]
In 2020, they received Lambda Literary's Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers.[9][10]
| Year | Work | Award / Honor | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | HULL | Whiting Award for Poetry | Winner | [8] |
| 2020 | Lambda Literary Award for Trans Poetry | Winner | [11] | |
| 2016 | Reasons for Smoking | The Seattle Review Chapbook Contest | Winner | [3] |
| 2016 | "For a Burial Free of Sharks" | Gigantic Sequins Contest for Poetry | Winner | [12] |
Publications[]
- Reasons for Smoking (2018)
- Hull (2019)
Anthology contributions[]
- Bettering American Poetry Volume 2, edited by Amy King, Jayy Dodd, Camile Rankine, Muriel Leung, Sarah Clark, Michael Wasson, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and Héctor Ramírez (2017)
- The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic, edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Jamila Woods, and Idrissa Simmonds (2018)
- Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, edited by Joanne V. Gabbin and Lauren K. Alleyne (2019)
References[]
- ^ a b "CV". Xan Phillips. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "A Poem by Xandria Phillips". Lambda Literary. 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ a b c "Xandria Phillips | Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America". Brown University. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Blog Archive » Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2018 Fellows". #ConvoLit2018. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ McKenzie, Jessica (2021-06-23). "CAAPP names poet Xandria Phillips as new creative writing fellow". The Pitt News. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ a b "Xandria Phillips selected as next CAAPP creative writing fellow". University Times. University of Pittsburgh. 53 (22). 2021-07-02.
- ^ "Lambda Announces Markowitz Award Winners". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ Gentes, Brian (2020-05-06). "Xandria Phillips and Calvin Gimpelevich Win 2020 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging Writers". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2020 Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ^ "Contests". Gigantic Sequins: a literary arts journal. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
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