Andrew P. Dillon

Poet

Amsterdam
Netherlands
NL
Email: 
contact@andrewdillonpoetry.com
Website: 
www.andrewdillonpoetry.com
Twitter/X: 
@DillonAndrewP

Author's Bio

Andrew P. Dillon’s debut collection, The Great Permission: A reliquary (thegreatpermission.com), is the first poetry collection built exclusively for the web. Licensed under Creative Commons, it features:

  • 70 poems
  • audio of the author reading each poem
  • annotations
  • pictures
  • family recipes

—some of the many relics of a life. 

He holds an MFA from the University of Tennessee, and his work has been published in several print & online journals. He was awarded a scholarship to the Virginia Center for Creative Arts workshop in Auvillar, France, and has been nominated for the Best New Poets anthology & the Pushcart Prize. He is an American arospec poet living in Amsterdam.

Education: 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Rockvale Writers’ Colony
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Sinew: 10 Years of Poetry in the Brew, 2011–2021 (April Gloaming Publishing, 2021)
,
Social Justice Anthologies: Recasting Masculinity (Beautiful Cadaver Project Pittsburgh, 2020)
Journals:
Analog
,
Beecher's
,
Bosphorus Review of Books
,
Brussels Review
,
China Grove
,
Connotation Press: An Online Artifact
,
Gamut
,
Please See Me
,
Poetry Salzburg Review
,
Potomac Review
,
Public Pool
,
Review Americana
,
Rivet
,
Stirring : A Literary Collection
,
The Wild Word
,
Thin Air Magazine
,
West Review
,
Yes Poetry

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Buffalo, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Nashville, TN
Tennessee
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Last update: Apr 09, 2025