Steve Denehan

Poet

Ireland
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Author's Bio

Steve Denehan lives in Kildare, Ireland with his wife Eimear and daughter Robin. He is the author of two chapbooks and four poetry collections. Winner of the Anthony Cronin International Poetry Award and twice winner of Irish Times' New Irish Writing, his numerous publication credits include Poetry Ireland Review, Acumen, Prairie Fire, Westerly and Into the Void.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Close Up (Orchard Lea Books, 2022)
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Loft Anthology (Loft, 2021)
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Loft Anthology (Loft, 2020)
Books:
The Streets, Like Flowers, Come Alive in the Rain (Potter's Grove Press, 2021)
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Days of Falling Flesh and Rising Moons (Golden Antelope Press, 2020)
Chapbook:
Of Thunder, Pearls and Birdsong (Fowlpox Press, 2018)
Journals:
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
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Amsterdam Quarterly
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Boyne Berries
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Caesura
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California Quarterly
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Daily Drunk
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Dodging the Rain
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Door is a Jar Magazine
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Dreich
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Ethel
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Ethos Magazine
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First Literary Review-East
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Freshwater
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Ghost City Review
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Harbinger Asylum
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Indiana Voice Journal
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Ink In Thirds
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Irish Times
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Last Stanza Poetry Journal
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Literature Today
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Louisiana Literature
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Madrigal Press
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Medusa's Kitchen
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MONO.
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Montana Mouthful
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Ogham Stone
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Origami Poems Project
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Pendemic
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Perhappened
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Plainsongs
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Poetry Ireland Review
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Poetry Salzburg Review
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Pomegranate London
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Prairie Fire
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ROPES
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Shooter
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Skylight 47
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The Bangor Literary Journal
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The Seventh Quarry
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Tinfish
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Tuck Magazine
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Westerly
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Writer's Block
Prizes won: 

Winner of Wexford Literary Festival - The Anthony Cronin International Poetry Prize.

Third place in the Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize.

Third place in the Positive Images Poetry Fesitival Prize.

Multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best New Poet.

Winner of the 43rd Annual Cisco Writing Contest.

Third place in the 43rd Annual Cisco Writing Contest.

The Dr. Joe Stamey Award for the Highest-Ranked Unrhymed Poetry in the 43rd Annual Cisco Writing Contest.

Black Cat Poetry Prize Runner-Up

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Dublin
Ireland
Raised in: 
Dublin
Ireland
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Last update: Apr 22, 2023