Xan Forest Phillips is an American poet and visual artist from rural Ohio.[1][2] Phillips is a trans man.[3][4]

Education

In 2014, Phillips received a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, where they majored in Creative Writing and minored in Africana Studies.[5] 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.[5]

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,[6] 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.[7]

Awards and distinctions

Phillips has received fellowships from Oberlin College, Cave Canem (2016–2017),[8][9] The Conversation Literary Festival (2018),[10] Callaloo, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing (2019–2020), Brown University (2020–2021),[7] and University of Pittsburgh's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (2021–2023).[11][12]

In 2020, they received Lambda Literary's Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers.[13][14]

Awards for Phillips' writing
Year Work Award / Honor Result Ref.
2021 HULL Whiting Award for Poetry Winner [12]
2020 Lambda Literary Award for Trans Poetry Winner [15]
2016 Reasons for Smoking The Seattle Review Chapbook Contest Winner [7]
2016 "For a Burial Free of Sharks" Gigantic Sequins Contest for Poetry Winner [16]

Publications

Anthology contributions

References

  1. ^ "Xan Forest Phillips". Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Brown University.
  2. ^ "About Xan Phillips". XanPhillips.com.
  3. ^ "Xan Phillips – Nightboat Books". April 28, 2023. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  4. ^ yourdailyqueer. "Xan Phillips". Tumblr. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "CV". Xan Phillips. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "A Poem by Xandria Phillips". Lambda Literary. February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Xandria Phillips | Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America". Brown University. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "Blog Archive » Phillips, Xandria". Cave Canem. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "2018 Fellows". #ConvoLit2018. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  11. ^ McKenzie, Jessica (June 23, 2021). "CAAPP names poet Xandria Phillips as new creative writing fellow". The Pitt News. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Xandria Phillips selected as next CAAPP creative writing fellow". University Times. University of Pittsburgh. 53 (22). July 2, 2021.
  13. ^ "Lambda Announces Markowitz Award Winners". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  14. ^ Gentes, Brian (May 6, 2020). "Xandria Phillips and Calvin Gimpelevich Win 2020 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging Writers". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  15. ^ "2020 Winners". Lambda Literary. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  16. ^ "Contests". Gigantic Sequins: a literary arts journal. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

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