John Ryan
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I am the chair of the Clayton High School English Department in St. Louis, Missouri. I completed my MFA in Creative Writing at UM-St. Louis, where I served as an editorial assistant for Natural Bridge literary magazine. My fiction appears in the Fall 2005 issue of MARGIN: Exploring Modern Magical Realism. Elements of Surprise, my first chapbook of poems, was published by Sungrazer Press in 2002, and my poems have also appeared in River Styx, Black Buzzard Review, U.S. Latino Review, and Delmar. A set is forthcoming in Locuspoint. When I'm not reading or writing, I play with my daughters, eat my wife's delicious cooking, or stare at my backyard.
Winning Entry: Sonnet for My Roommate
Contest Won: Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2006, Finalist
