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Mishawaka, Indiana, The United States

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Benjamin Niespodziany has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, and Best of the Net. His poem "The Twins" was runner-up for the 2021 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest, as judged by Sabrina Orah Mark.

Along with The Northerners (his 2021 chapbook released through above/ground press) and Pickpocket the Big Top (his 2022 chapbook released through Dark Hour Books), his writing has appeared in the Wigleaf Top 50, FENCE, Salt Hill, Fairy Tale Review, Hobart, and various others. He lives in Chicago, works in the music industry, and runs the multimedia art blog [neonpajamas].

His debut poetry collection, No Farther Than the End of the Street, is out Nov. 1, 2022 through Okay Donkey Press, with praise from Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket ...more

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