Michael Wyndham Thomas

Writing name: Michael W. Thomas

Writing CV

I am an award-winning, internationally-known poet, fiction writer and dramatist.  I am also a singer, musician and composer.  My music and poetry are available on a variety of platforms, including Amazon Music and CD Baby.  I have given numerous poetry and fiction readings and run a full range of workshops throughout the UK, Europe and the US.

For many years I was poet-in-residence at the Robert Frost Poetry Festival, Key West, Florida.  Here is a link to one of my appearances at the Festival: https://fla-keys.com/news/article/1435/

Over a number of years, I have also appeared at the following events, among others:

Courses and workshops:

An overview of the courses and workshops I have run over the years can be found here:
> Michael W. Thomas, courses and workshops

Commissions:

An overview of commissions I have received over the years can be found here:
> Michael W. Thomas, commissions

Publications:

An overview of my selected earlier publications appears here:
> Michael W. Thomas, earlier publications

Competitions:

I have won prizes and gained nominations in a range of competitions, including:
Buzzwords (Buzzwords Poetry, Cheltenham, England UK).
The Charles Causley International Poetry Competition (Cornwall UK).
The Housman Poetry Competition (The A.E. Housman Society, UK).
The Poetry London Magazine Competition (London UK).
The Poetry Society National Poetry Competition (London UK).
The Poets Anonymous Competition (London UK).
Stand Magazine International Short Story Competition (Newcastle UK).

Publications: Bibliography

Following is my list of main publications:
Novels
The Mercury Annual (TQF / Theaker’s Paperback Library, 2009)
Pilgrims at the White Horizon (TQF / Theaker’s Paperback Library, 2013)
The Erkeley Shadows (Amazon KDP / Swan Village Reporter, 2023)

Short fiction
The Portswick Imp: Collected Stories, 2001-2016 (Black Pear Press, 2018)
Sing Ho! Stout Cortez: Novellas and Stories (Black Pear Press, 2021)

Poetry collections
God’s Machynlleth and Other Poems (Flarestack, 1996)
Port Winston Mulberry (Littlejohn and Bray, 2009)
Batman’s Hill, South Staffs (Flipped Eye International, 2013)
The Girl from Midfoxfields (Black Pear Press, 2014)
Come To Pass (Oversteps Books, 2014)
Early and Late (Cairn Time Press, 2018)
Featured in Polly Stretton, ed, The Unremembered: World War One’s Army of Workers, The British Story (Black Pear Press, 2018)
The Stations of the Day (Black Pear Press, 2019)
Under Smoky Light (Offa’s Press, 2020)

Journals: publication in such journals as The Antioch Review (US), The Antigonish Review (Canada), Critical Survey, Crossroads (Poland), The English Review, Etchings (Australia), The London Magazine, Magazine Six (US), Muscadine Lines (US), Other Poetry, Pennine Platform, Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria and England), The Scarlet Leaf Review (Canada), Stand Magazine, Under the Radar.

Drama
Assumption Eve  (Worcester Commandery, 2000)
FAQ  (The Progress Theatre Festival, Reading, 2009, and the Shoebox Theatre Company, Staffordshire, 2011)
When? (The Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham [Shoebox Theatre Company], 2011)

Novellas
Esp. Shortlisted for the UK Novella Award (2015)
Tickle, Tickle. Toronto: The Scarlet Leaf Review (Autumn 2019)

Essays and Reviews
1996-present: Critical Survey, Crossroads, English, The English Review, The Explicator, Irish Studies Review, The Irish University Review, The Journal of American Haiku, The London Magazine, No Limits, Other Poetry, Staple Magazine, The Times Literary Supplement, Under the Radar.

My website and blog:
https://michaelwthomas.co.uk
The Swan Village Reporter:
http://swansreport.blogspot.co.uk/