| Andrew McMillan | |
| Awards: | Eric Gregory Award Guardian First Book Award Somerset Maugham Award |
| Notableworks: | physical playtime |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Education: | University of Lancaster University College London |
| Occupation: | Poet, lecturer |
| Birth Place: | South Yorkshire, England |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1988 |
Andrew McMillan (born 1988) is an English poet and lecturer.
McMillan was born near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He is the son of poet Ian McMillan.[1] He studied at University of Lancaster, and then at University College London,[2] and is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.[3]
His debut collection, Physical, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2015.[4] It was the first collection of poems to win the Guardian First Book Award,[5] and also won a Somerset Maugham Award[6] and the Fenton Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.[7]
His second collection, playtime, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2018, and won the inaugural Polari Prize.[8] With Mary Jean Chan, McMillan was co-editor of the 2022 collection "100 Queer Poems".
McMillan lives in Manchester.[9]