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| First Name | David |
| Last Name | Stymeist |
| Member Since | September 7, 2022 |
| dstymeist@yahoo.ca | |
| City | Ottawa |
| State | Ontario |
| Zipcode | K1H 7N4 |
| Country | Canada |
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| Pen Name | DS Stymeist |
| Branch Affiliation | National Capital Region |
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| Bio | D.S. Stymeist’s debut collection, The Bone Weir, was published by Frontenac Press and was a finalist for the Canadian Author’s Association Award for Poetry. His next collection, Cluster Flux, will appear in 2023 also with Frontenac. He continues to publish widely in both academic and literary magazines. Alongside fending off Crohn’s disease, he teaches creative writing and crime fiction at Carleton University. He grew up as a non-indigenous member of a mixed heritage family on O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation; these formative experiences continue to guide and shape his identity. As former president of VERSe Ottawa, he helped organize VERSeFest, Ottawa’s international poetry festival. |
| Publications | Trade Books The Bone Weir. Frontenac House Press, 2016. (Poetry) Poems “Midsummer Disjuncture I, V, VII, IX.” Wordgathering: Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, 16.2. 2022. “The Divers at the Community Pool.” Freefall Magazine Poetry Contest (Honourable Mention). 2022. “Fortune Cookie.” Above/Ground Press, 2022. “Ode to a Pair of Song Sparrows.” Freefall Magazine. 2022. “Sea Jelly.” Prairie Fire 2022. “Big Ride: Passage 1” and “Tonic” Peter F. Yacht Club, no. 30, 2021. “Last Dance at the Museum.” Canadian Literature. 2021. “A Poem.” Ottawa. Ed. Deanna Young. Ottawa Poet Laureate Street Poster Project. 2021. “Erasure.” Devour: Art and Lit Canada. 2020. “A Prophecy.” Peter F. Yacht Club, no. 29, 2020. “Beer Hall.” Prairie Fire. 2019. “A Printmaker’s Devotion.” Prairie Fire. 2019. “Abrasion.” Freefall Magazine 29.2. 2019. “Melt Down.” Halibut. Dec. 18th, 2019. “Keepstone.” Anthology of Poetry for Teens. Ed. Bruce Kaufman. Melinda Cochrane International, 2019. “Water.” Anthology of Poetry for Teens. Ed. Bruce Kaufman. Melinda Cochrane International, 2019. “Vinyl.” Ottawater 15 (2018). “No. 37 Hesiod’s Theogony.” Peter F. Yacht Club, no. 26, 2018. “Correspondence.” Peter F. Yacht Club, no. 25, 2017. “Artifact: The Levellois Point.” Calgary Poet Laureate’s POD, Sept. 6th, 2016. “The Avocado as Evolutionary Anachronism.” The Fiddlehead 2016. “The Cull.” The Antigonish Review 2016. “Homecoming.” ByWords January 2016. “Tidal Pools.” Ottawater 12, 2016. “Reclamation.” Dalhousie Review 2015. “Peregrine.” The Parliamentary Poet Laureate (Michel Pleau) Poem of the Month (Feb.) 2015. “The 401 Series,” “Tree Lobster (Dryococelus Australis),” “Tree of Life: Palais des Papes, Avignon,” Tree Reading Series: Hot Ottawa Voices, May 12th, 2015. Podcast. “Crush.” Steel Chisel, 2014. “Sanitarium Garden.” Ottawater 10, 2014. “Skyline.” Inwords Magazine 13.1, 2014. “Riverbank.” ByWords, 2012. “Mitla, Oaxaca.” Prairie Fire 15.4, 1995. “Madera Borealis.” A/Muse/me 1.3, 1994. |
| Other Memberships | The League of Canadian Poets |
| Awards | City of Ottawa Arts Award-Grant, 2018. Finalist, Canadian Author’s Association Award for Poetry, 2016. Shortlist, Alberta Book Awards (Design), 2016. |
| Contests | Honourable Mention, Freefall Poetry Contest, 2022 (Daniel Lockheart, judge) Shortlist, Freefall Award for Poetry, 2018 (Richard Harris, judge). Shortlist, Vallum Award for Poetry, 2015 (Stephanie Bolster, judge) |
| Genres | Academic, Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories |
| Available For | Readings, Workshops, Speaking Engagements |
| Services Offered | Book Reviews, Editing, Manuscript Reading & Consultation |