BanWynn Oakshadow

Poet, Fiction Writer

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Author's Bio

BanWynn Oakshadow is a hermit, hippie, experimental beat poet, speculative fiction writer, nature photographer, cultural historian, social activist, husband, father, adult survivor of child abuse, stroke survivor, mentally ill, agraphic, dyslexic, diabetic, gay, pagan, widower, disabled veteran, and a Cancer. He tries to use every bit of that in his writing. A self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, BanWynn has no degrees in eight interesting majors.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthologies:

Breeds: Wildcats "Dancing Life" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2019)

Species: Wildcats "Ember in the Night" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2019)

Knotted Vol. II - Tails of Dominating Desire, "Br'er Necessities" (Weasel Press, 2018)

Passing Trough "Underpass" (Weasel Press, 2018)

What the Fox?! "A Late Lunch" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2018)

Seven Deadly Sins "Listmember Lost" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2017)

Seven Deadly Sins "Runaway" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2017)

Typewriter Emergencies "A Tricksters' Solstice" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Typewriter Emergencies "How Raven Brought the Tides" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Wolf Warriors 4: Wolves of Light & Darkness "The Cub" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2017)

Journals:

Dime Show Review

Literary Orphans

Ordinary Madness

Poetry

Anthologies:

Civilized Beasts 2 "A Deafening Dirge" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Civilized Beasts 2 "haiku #11" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Civilized Beasts 2 "haiku #50" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Civilized Beasts 2 "haiku #67" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Civilized Beasts 2 "The Barking of the Guns" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Degenerates: Voices for Peace Bullying Edition "Let It Go!" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Degenerates: Voices for Peace Domestic Violence Edition "shards" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Degenerates: Voices for Peace Domestic Violence Edition "Stain" (Weasel Press, 2017)

How Well You Walk Through Madness "How Do I Write Away the Mad?" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Passing Through "Underpass" (Weasel Press, 2017)

Wolf Warriors 4: Wolves of Light & Darkness "First Snow" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2017)

Wolf Warrior III (deluxe) "Ragnarök Trilogy" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2016)

Wolf Warriors III "Gray-Furred Sons of Midgård" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2016)

Wolf Warriors III "White-Winged Sisters" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2016)

Wolf Warriors III "Wolf-Kin Come A'Viking" (Thurston Howl Publications, 2016)

Journals:

I am not a silent poet

Literary Orphans

Ordinary Madness

Ricky's Back Yard

The Rising Phoenix Review

Young Ravens Literary Review

Prizes won:

2017 Leo Literary Award (Poetry) "A Deafening Dirge"

2020 Leo Literary Award (Short Fiction) "Ember in the Night"

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Moon, Christopher Moore, Spider Robinson, Kobayashi Issa, Ginsberg, Black Elk, Mel Keegan, Snorri Sturluson, Anne McCaffrey, Raymond Feist, W.A. Hoffman

What I'm reading now:

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, We Live for Half Moons (published review) by Weasel, New Coyote (published review) by Michael Bergey, Sodomy & the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the 17th Century Carribean by B.R. Burg, The Student: Volume I (writing review) by Joe Sherman

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

LGBTQ

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Dayton, OH

Ohio

Raised in:

many

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Last update: Sep 24, 2021