David Lloyd

Poet, Fiction Writer

Syracuse, NY
New York US
Email: 
lloyd@lemoyne.edu
Website: 
www.davidlloydwriter.com

Author's Bio

Poet, fiction writer, and translator David Lloyd is the author of eleven books, including four poetry collections: The Everyday Apocalypse (2002), The Gospel According to Frank (2009), Warriors (2012) and The Body’s Compass, forthcoming from Salmon Poetry, Ireland. He published three works of fiction: Boys: Stories and a Novella (2004), Over the Line (a novel, 2013), and The Moving of the Water (stories, 2018). His edited anthologies include Imagined Greetings: Poetic Engagements with R. S. Thomas, Other Land: Contemporary Poems on Wales and Welsh-American Experience, Writing on the Edge: Interviews with Writers and Editors of Wales, and The Urgency of Identity: Contemporary English- Language Poetry from Wales.  In 2022 he received the inaugural Paula Svonkin Creative Arts Award. He has received two Fulbright Scholar awards: in 2021 at Cardiff University, Wales, and in 2001 at Bangor University, Wales. In 2016 he received the M. Wynn Thomas Award for outstanding academic work in the field of Welsh Writing in English.  In 2000, he received the Poetry Society of America’s Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, judged by W. D. Snodgrass. He directs the Creative Writing Program at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY.

Education: 
Brown University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Anderson Center Artist Residency Program

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
The Moving of the Water (SUNY Press, 2018)
,
Over the Line (Syracuse University Press, 2013)
,
Boys: Stories and a Novella (Syracuse University Press, 2004)

Poetry

Books:
Warriors (Salt Publishing, 2012)
,
The Gospel According to Frank (New American Press, 2003)
,
The Everyday Apocalypse (Three Conditions Press, 2002)
Prizes won: 

SELECTED AWARDS

Paula Svonkin Creative Arts Award, 2022, awarded by the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

Fulbright Scholar Award (writing and research), Cardiff University, UK, 2020

CNY Book Award 2020 for “significant contributions to the art of writing and poetry,” presented by Nine Mile Magazine and Nine Mile Press Books. https://www.ninemile.org/award 

M Wynn Thomas Prize 2016 for outstanding scholarly work in the field of Welsh Writing in English for “Brenda Chamberlain and American Modernism,” published in The International Journal of Welsh Writing in English (Vol. 3. 2015). Prize given for “a piece of substantial scholarship that is engagingly written … and ground-breaking in terms of subject-matter and/or methodology/disciplinarity.” 

Writer Fellowship. Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, May 2016.

Writer’s Residency. Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY. June - July 2011.

First Place, New American Press chapbook contest for The Gospel According to Frank, 2003. 

First Place, 2002 Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society Chapbook Contest for poetry collection The Everyday Apocalypse.

Poet In Residence, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN, August 2002.

Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, for research and lecturing at the University of Wales, Bangor, 2000-2001. 

Poet In Residence, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY, June – July 2001.

First Place, Traditional Verse Category, Oregon State Poetry Association, for “Sestina On the Everyday Apocalypse,” 2001.

Nomination, Pushcart Award by editors of Del Sol Review for story “As Always, Jason,” 2001.

Rev. Francis J. Fallon, Sj, Endowed Professorship, 1998-2001, awarded for exceptional scholarship, teaching, and service.  Carried reduced teaching load, stipend in support of research projects

Robert H. Winner Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, co-winner for manuscript titled “Sestinas for the Everyday Apocalypse,” Judged by W. D. Snodgrass (April 2000)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Welsh American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Utica, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Utica, NY
New York
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Last update: Sep 16, 2023