DEREK THOMAS DEW
541-510-1256
EDUCATION
2022 - Present University of New Hampshire Poetry MFA Program
2017-2020 University of Oregon-Eugene
Major: English
Concentrations: Writing and Literature (Units: 150)
2016-Summer 2017 Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
2015-2016 Southwestern Oregon Community College, Brookings, Oregon
2014-2015 Rogue Community College, Medford, Oregon
2004 Irvine Valley College, Irvine, California
PUBLICATIONS
”Drip Gas Fever,” “Survivor Guilt,” “Frozen Entrées,”
“Totality,” “Striking, Strikeon” Lothlorien Poetry Journal 2023
”Roaming Burial,” bee house journal 2021
“Upon Eldest,” Bluing the Blade (Tempered Runes Press) 2020
“Turf’s Yield,” The Maynard, 2020
“Riddle Field: Poems” University of Nevada Press, 2020
”Border Hour” Cathexis Northwest Press, 2020
”Coming Over to Your Side Now” Button Eye Review, 2020
”The Landholder", “Drink,” and “Kintsugi.” bee house journal, 2020
“Reliquary” (1-4). Interim. Spring, 2020.
“Gambit” and “Town in the Radio,” Interim, Autumn, 2019.
“Blouse from a Cove.” Well, Damn! Rebecca Jane Irvine, Ed. Wolfenbüttel
Germany: Beautiful Dragons Press, 2019.
“Glossed” and “Attic to Attic.” Twyckenham Notes. July, 2019.
“Confluence,” “Liar’s Dice,” and “He Ring.” The Maynard, 2018.
“Plink and Thaw. On Eldridge Cleaver.” Nobel Dissent. Rebecca Jane Irvine, Ed. Wolfenbüttel
Germany: Beautiful Dragons Press, 2017.
“Mainland,” “Winchuck,” and “Old Carver.” Two Hawks Quarterly. December 2017.
“Reliquary.” Not a Drop. Rebecca Jane Irvine, Ed. Wolfenbüttel Germany: Beautiful Dragons
Press, 2017.
“Buttered Pears,” (in Spanish and Chinese). Trans. Jody Soberon and Claire Wang-Lee.
http://blog.udn.com/ClaireWangLee/1816305. 5 June 2016.
“Salt Packets.” Hawaii Pacific Review. 28 April 2016.
https://hawaiipacificreview.org/2016/04/28/salt-packets/
“Aluminum.” My Dear Watson: Elemental Poetry. Rebecca Jane Irvine, Ed. Wolfenbüttel
Germany: Beautiful Dragons Press, November, 2015.
“(Weathervane) Pirate Ship of the Dead.” Dead and Undead Poems. Barnstone, Tony and
Michelle Mitchell-Foust, Eds. Everyman Press/Knopf/Random House, 2014.
“The Lion.” The Curator. 24 May 2014. http://www.curatormagazine.com/author/derek-dew/
“Buttered Pears.” Heavenly Bodies. Rebecca Jane Irvine, Ed. Wolfenbüttel, Germany:
Beautiful Dragons Press, 2014.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021: Interviewed by The Maynard literary journal
2021: Front page article for Riddle Field in Stu News Laguna online newspaper Volume 13, Issue 22/March 16
2019: Winner of the 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
POETRY READING VIDEO
Test Site Series Book Launch Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUAkI1x8miM
August 2013: The Poets’ House, Donegal, Ireland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmRl-wgANo
EDITING
2014-Present: Essays and Poetry, Ocean Mobile Academy Volunteer
RADIO BROADCASTS AND PODCASTS (Music)
“Black Rookery,” “Salmonberry Man.” Powerful Poetry,
Episode One. KCIW, 27 June 2016. http://kciw.org/powerful-poetry-episode-1/
WORKSHOPS, READINGS, SYMPOSIA
June 11th 2023: Poetry Reading, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Dec. 10th 2021: United Nations Organization poetry reading for Human Rights Day. Online
Oct. 15th, 2020. Test Site Series Book Launch Reading. Online
Feb.-April. 2018. Workshop with APR Editor Arthur Vogelsang. Online
Sept.-Dec. 2017. Workshop with APR Editor Arthur Vogelsang. Online
May-June 2017. Workshop with APR Editor Arthur Vogelsang, Online
May-June 2017. Omnidawn Press Prosody Workshop with Editor Rusty Morrison and David Koehn
March 2016. Poetry Reading. Lancaster Poetry Festival, Lancaster, England
March 2013. Poetry Reading. The Poets' House, Donegal, Ireland
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
March 2019. AWP Conference, Portland, OR
March 2016. Lancaster Poetry Festival, Lancaster, England
February 2014. AWP Conference, Seattle, WA
March 2013. AWP Conference, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
(AWP) Association of Writers and Writing Programs
COMPLETED BOOK MANUSCRIPTS
Almond Psalm, Poems
Maple’s Labor, Poems
Riddle Field, Poems
COMPLETED POETRY CHAPBOOK MANUSCRIPTS
The Book of Briar
POETRY MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
Waking the Hotel
PHOTOGRAPHY
Red Belt Conk Photography: https://www.viewbug.com/member/titaniumsvelt
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019: Hip Hop Workshop, Central Linn School District. Halsey, Oregon.
2014-Present: Tutor, Ocean Mobile Academy Volunteer.
Duties Include: Tutoring Teens and Adults in Writing, Literature, Music, Free style Hip Hop and its History,
one-on-one, online, by phone or a combination of these.
2012: Hip Hop Workshop, Santa Ana School District. Santa Ana, California.
WORK EXPERIENCE (Non-Educational)
2011-2013: South Coast Furniture and Mattress. 109 Calle de Los Molinos, San
Clemente, CA 92672, 949-492-5589. Supervisor: Dale Ross
Duties: Assembling, Repairing, Delivering, and Installing Home Appliances
and Furnishings; Retail Sales.
WORK EXPERIENCE (Non-Educational)
2010: Hospice Care, In-Home. Laguna Beach, California.
Duties: Working with a team to provide care, monitor health conditions,
advise patient and family, administer nutrition, maintain a comfortable
environment.
REFERENCES
Stephanie Le Menager, Moore Endowed Professor, University of Oregon, slemen@uoregon.edu, 541-346-3966
Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons. Dowra, Ireland, poetshouse@eircom.net, +353 83 160 3205
Rebecca Jane Bilkau. Rebecca.J.Irvine@mac.com