Xan Phillips Explained

Xan Forest Phillips is an American poet and visual artist from rural Ohio.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Education

In 2014, Phillips received a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College, where he majored in Creative Writing and minored in Africana Studies.^[5] While at Oberlin, he served as a board member for the Center for Women and Trans People and completed a two-year research fellowship in Black Poetics.^[6]

He received a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Virginia Tech in 2016.

Writing

Phillips’ poetry has been featured in BOMB, Poets.org, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Offing, The Journal, Nashville Review, Ninth Letter, Scalawag,^[7] Best Experimental Writing, and We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics.

Painting

Phillips' painting has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Poetry Project, and American Poets Magazine.^[8]

Awards and distinctions

Phillips has received fellowships from Oberlin College, Cave Canem (2016–2017),^{[9] [10]} The Conversation Literary Festival (2018),^[11] Callaloo, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing (2019–2020), Brown University (2020–2021),^[12] and University of Pittsburgh's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (2021–2023).^{[13] [14]}

In 2020, he received Lambda Literary's Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers.^{[15] [16]}

Awards for Phillips' writing!Year!Work!Award / Honor!Result!Ref.

2021	HULL	Whiting Award for Poetry	Winner	^[17]
2020		Lambda Literary Award for Trans Poetry	Winner	^[18]
2016	Reasons for Smoking	The Seattle Review Chapbook Contest	Winner
2016	"For a Burial Free of Sharks"	Gigantic Sequins Contest for Poetry	Winner	^[19]

Publications

• Reasons for Smoking (2018)
• Hull (2019)

Anthology contributions

• Bettering American Poetry Volume 2, edited by Amy King, Jayy Dodd, Camile Rankine, Muriel Leung, Sarah Clark, Michael Wasson, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, and Héctor Ramírez (2017)
• Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, edited by Joanne V. Gabbin and Lauren K. Alleyne (2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xan Forest Phillips . Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America . Brown University .
2. Web site: About Xan Phillips . XanPhillips.com .
3. Web site: April 28, 2023 . Xan Phillips – Nightboat Books . April 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230428084904/https://nightboat.org/bio/xan-phillips/ . April 28, 2023 .
4. Web site: yourdailyqueer . Xan Phillips . April 28, 2023 . Tumblr.
5. Web site: CV. January 20, 2022. Xan Phillips.
6. Web site: CV. January 20, 2022. Xan Phillips.
7. Web site: February 13, 2018. A Poem by Xandria Phillips. January 20, 2022. Lambda Literary. en.
8. Web site: Xandria Phillips Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. January 20, 2022. Brown University.
9. Web site: Phillips, Xandria. January 20, 2022. Cave Canem. en.
10. Web site: Blog Archive » Phillips, Xandria. January 20, 2022. Cave Canem. en.
11. Web site: 2018 Fellows. January 20, 2022.
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12. Web site: Xandria Phillips Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. January 20, 2022. Brown University.
13. Web site: McKenzie. Jessica. June 23, 2021. CAAPP names poet Xandria Phillips as new creative writing fellow. January 20, 2022. The Pitt News.
14. July 2, 2021. Xandria Phillips selected as next CAAPP creative writing fellow. University Times. University of Pittsburgh. 53. 22.
15. Web site: Lambda Announces Markowitz Award Winners. January 20, 2022. PublishersWeekly.com. en.
16. Web site: Gentes. Brian. May 6, 2020. Xandria Phillips and Calvin Gimpelevich Win 2020 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging Writers. January 20, 2022. Lambda Literary. en.
17. July 2, 2021. Xandria Phillips selected as next CAAPP creative writing fellow. University Times. University of Pittsburgh. 53. 22.
18. Web site: 2020 Winners. January 20, 2022. Lambda Literary. en.
19. Web site: Contests. January 20, 2022. Gigantic Sequins: a literary arts journal. en.