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Lindz McLeod

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Author and poet

Published Work

Poetry:

 

  • 'a photograph on my phone, two phones ago' with perhappened, issue 7 [online] 2020
  • 'Passerine' with Second Chance Lit
  • 'Form The Arches' with Living Artists [online]
  • 'The Wife Hunters' in Feral [online] 2020 
  • 'I Guess We Miss Her' and 'Ante, Inter, Deinde' in Hellebore [online] 2020
  • 'choke' in Lammergeier [online] 2020
  • 'Laura Dern's Gut Is God' in Grain Magazine [print] 2020
  • 'Virago' in Reside Magazine Issue 6 [online] 2020
  • 'Every Heart A Carnival' in perhappened, Issue 1 [online] 2020
  • 'udaviti se (to drown oneself)' in Deracine [online] 2020
  • 'Haud Yer Wheesht' in The Selkie [online] 2020
  • 'Spinneret' in Impossible Archetype [online] 2020
  • 'Among The Valleys Low' in Dust Poetry [online] 2020
  • 'From Depths We Wake' in Clav Mag [online] 2020
  • 'Salt And Smoke' in Pomme Journal's Mini Pomme 'Put Into Words, My Love' [print] 2020
  • 'Damocles' and 'at the trident' in Selcouth Station [online] 2020
  • 'Mayfly' in The Festival Review
  • 'Pisces To The West' and ' Rinse and Repeat' in Allegory Ridge's Aurora Poetry Anthology [print] 2020
  • 'Castling By Hand' in Coffin Bell Journal 2020 [online]
  • 'Alope, The Fountain' in Heirlock Magazine Issue 2: Pride 2019 [e-book and print]
  • 'a lungful' in Passaic/Völuspá 2019 [online] 
  • 'shoulders' in Prometheus Dreaming 2019 [online] 
  •  'Love Is A Bird, Carmen' in Wingless Dreamer 2019 [online] and Passionate Penholders [print] 
  •  'among the thistles'' in Sunbeam Anthologies 2020 [print]
  • 'Amor, Like The Death Of Boromir' in Meat For Tea: the Valley Review, Volume 13, Issue 2
    Street 2019 [print] 
  • 'Is A Seascape Ever Enough', 'in the aether, all the signs,' and 'a stor' in Indie Blu(e) Publishing - Smitten: A Queer Love Anthology 2019 [print and Kindle] 
  • 'Cow Bondage' in For Women Who Roar 2019 [e-book] 
  • 'shoulders' reprint in Ink Sweat & Tears 2019  [online] 
  • 'A Selkie: a kenning' and 'Southpaw: a tanaka' in Poet's Choice Anthology 2019 [print]


 
Events: 

  • Attended The Writer's Hotel conference in June 2019
  • Led a presentation and workshop on dialogue for Edinburgh Writer's Club in January 2020
  • Attended The Writer's Hotel conference as a Teaching Assistant to Jeffrey Ford in October 2020
  • Attended a month-long advanced fiction workshop with Danielle Lazarin in February 2021


Past Performances:

  • Edinburgh Writer's Club (April and November) 2019
  • Speakin' Weird - Aberdeen, Scotland 2019
  • KGB Bar - New York, USA 2019
  • Roger Smith Hotel - New York, USA 2019
  • Inky Fingers @ Lighthouse Books - Edinburgh, Scotland (September and November) 2019
  • Soul Food Poetry - Glasgow, Scotland, 2019
  • Cheeky Besom Productions - Glasgow, Scotland 2019 (live streamed to Talvira, Portugal, as part of 'Alvaro de Campos Night') and performed again for their Yuletide event 2019
  • Sip & Talk Ish - New York, USA 2019
  • Bold Types Showcase at the Glasgow Women's Library 2019 
  • Sunday School at Jimmy's - Glasgow 2019
  • Inky Fingers @ Lighthouse Books - Edinburgh, Scotland 2020 
  • Soul Food Poetry - Glasgow, Scotland, 2020
  • Raising Money For The Refugee Women’s Centre with Clitbait at The Three Sisters - Edinburgh 2020
  • Sunday School at Jimmy's - Glasgow 2020
  • The Three C's Robert Burns Celebration - Edinburgh 2020
  • Cheltenham Poetry Festival - online 2020
  • Create & Connect showcase via Glasgow Women's Library - online 2020
  • Wednesday Writers at Todmorden Book Festival - online 2020
  • Open Mouth Readers - online 2020
  • Wednesday Writers - online 2021



  Published Work 


Short Stories:

  • 'Mineral Bouquet' for Twist In Time Magazine 2020
  • 'Sunshine' for the Scottish Book Trust's Future project 2020 [online]
  • 'Mr Fuzz' for the Dundee Victoria & Albert Museum's Hello, Robot exhibition 2020
  •  'She Gets Too Hungry For Dinner At Eight' in Malefaction Magazine's Femme Fatale issue [print] 2020
  • 'Shoulders' in Mooky Chick 2020
  •  'The Trick Is To Keep' in Dime Store Review 2020 
  • 'Squeak' in Scottish Book Trust - Blether Anthology 2019 [print]  Book available free and e-reader/Kindle versions available here, as well as on RNIB Radio and its subsequent podcast (146) on 22nd November 2019
  • 'Squeak' was also published in the Scotsman newspaper on Saturday 23rd November 2019 
  • 'Perinthus, Unconquered', co-written with Zebib K.A., in Cabinet of Heed Issue 27 2019
  • 'Guinness' in Paragraph Planet 2019 [online]
  • 'Lluna Llena' in 365 Tomorrows 2013 [online] 
  • 'FilmScape' in 365 Tomorrows 2013[online] 
  • 'New Age' in 365 Tomorrows 2015 [online] 
  • 'Hook And Line' Twisted Aardvark Flash Fiction Anthology 2012 [print] 
  • 'The Third Sphere' Twisted Aardvark Flash Fiction Anthology 2016 [print] 


Won:

  • Edinburgh Writer's Club Young Adult Story Competition 2020 [prize and trophy]
  • Runner-Up in Shoreline of Infinity's Comedy Sci-Fi Competition 2020
  • Back Patio Press Poetry Competition 2020 with Pabst Boy Stunna' 
  • Edinburgh Writer's Club Science Fiction Short Story competition 2019  [prize and Molly Marquis trophy]
  • Scriptwriting Perth One-on-One mentoring session with Annie George 2018 with short political play 'Zugzwang'
  • Cazart Fiction Prize 2012 with 'Citrus Sinensis'


Shortlisted:

  • Flash-Bang! Fiction Crime Competition 2015 with 'Brig and Steam'
  • Fish Publishing Poetry Prize 2019 with 'Upon The Hill'
  • Spider Road Press Flash Fiction Competition 2019
  • Bold Types Competition via Glasgow Women's Library 2019
  • Cheltenham Poetry Festival 2020



Published Interviews:

  • Smitten interview, featured in The Feathered Sleep 
  • 'Discussing Her Body And Other Parties' in Your Own Words podcast


Audio Recordings:

  • Is A Seascape Ever Enough' in Indie Blu(e) Publishing - Smitten: A Queer Love Anthology 2019
  • 'Squeak' in Scottish Book Trust's Blether Anthology 2019
  • 'Pyramids' in Lies, Dreaming podcast 2019




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lindsey.mcleod@hotmail.co.uk

Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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