Ryan Benjamin Clinesmith Montalvo

Ryan Clinesmith Montalvo’s manuscript Epilogue to Paradise was a Codhill Press Motion and Stillness/Stillness and motion finalist, a Letras Latinas-ILS/ND- Andres Montoya Poetry Prize Finalist, C&R Press 2022 Poetry Award Longlist, and an honorable mention in the Southern Collective Latin American Chapbook Competition. Ryan is a 2024 MVICW Poet and author, Author Fellow, and Colrain Manuscript Conference participant. Ryan holds an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an M.F.A. in poetry from Hunter College. Ryan’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in the Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Ibbetson Street Press, and elsewhere. You can read more of Ryan’s work and connect with him via his website at ryanclinesmith.com.