HONORS
Quarterfinalist – 2014 Codhill Poetry Award (Codhill Press) for Anatomy of Want
Semifinalist – 2018 Airlie Prize (Airlie Press) for Anatomy of Want
Semifinalist – 2019 Washington Prize (The Word Works) for Anatomy of Want
Finalist – 2021 Stanzas Poetry Contest (French Quarter Journal) for “Playoffs”
Honorable Mention – 2022 Words & Music Writing Competition for “Wonders”
Finalist – 2023 Poetry Broadside Contest (Lmnl Lit) for “42”
Nominee – 2023 Best of the Net for “But”

PUBLISHED WORKS

POETRY

Book

Anatomy of Want (QueerMojo/Rebel Satori Press, 2019)

Anthologies

“Showers” published in Time After Time (Int’l Library of Poetry, 2000)
“When Letting Go/Fucking”, “Limerick to a Bitchy Drag Queen”, and “Request” published in Take Out: Queer Writings from Asian Pacific America (Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 2001)
“An Agitation on Gay Marriage” published in I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage (suspect thoughts press, 2004)
“The Rain” published in Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press, 2005)
“Unfit” republished in The Queer Collection: Prose & Poetry 2007 (Fabulist Flash Publishing, 2007)
“Secrets” published in Poetic Voices Without Borders 2 (Gival Press, 2009)
“Ties” published in Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems (Ragged Sky Press, 2009)
“My mother’s carpenter god” published in In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself - Volume 8 (MW Enterprises, 2010)
“Senryus of The Odyssey” published in Multi-Culti Mixterations (CreateSpace, 2010)
“Culture Vulture” published in Knocking at the Door: Poems About Approaching the Other (Birch Bench Press, 2011)
“Baby” published in Between: New Gay Poetry (Chelsea Station Editions, 2013)
“Desire Stays” republished in Verse/Chorus (Jamii Publishing, 2014)
"Compliments to the Cook" and "Making Dinner" republished in Joys of the Table: An Anthology of Culinary Verse (Richer Resources Publications, 2015)
“The Rain” and “La Cocina” republished in Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman (Squares & Rebels, 2019)
”Queen,” “Hookup App,” “Homecoming,” published in SUSPECT, Vol. 1, Year 1 (Gaudy Boy, 2023)
”Sous-chef” published in Gold Room Anthology, 2021-2022 (LMNL Arts, 2023)
”Where the Sidewalk Ends” published in The Poetry Buffet: Anthology of New Orleans Poetry (New Orleans Poetry Journal Press, 2023)
”How ‘Never Again’ Happens Again” to be published in Responses to Forbidden Colours (1988) by Félix González-Torres (Pilot Press, 2023)
“Game Boy” and “Game Boy II” published in Songs From Another Sun: An Anthology of BIPOC Voices (Beyond the Veil Press, 2024)
“Cherry Trees” to be published in Race, Justice, and HIV: Visions for a Society Without Bars

Print Journals

“Persistence” (under the pseudonym ‘d’) published in Masque: A Journal of Queer Expression, vol. 2, issue 2
“Immaculate” published in Vice, vol. 6, issue 4
“America 2000” published in spoonfed: amerika, issue 1
“Congress” and “Remedies” published in Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, vol. 9, no. 1
“Please,” “Road to Nostalgia,” and “Unfit” published in Gallatin Review, May 1, 2003
“West 137th Street” published in Asian Pacific American Journal, vol. 11, no. 1/vol.11, no. 2, (double issue)
“Cuddling” published in The Gay & Lesbian Review, vol. 11, no. 2, March-April 2004
“Anatomy of Want” published in modern words, no. 8
“Legend” published in Vox, vol. 1, no. 1
“Compliments to the Cook” and “Nipping” published in Chiron Review, vol. 81, Winter 2005
“Ritual for the End of the World” published in Mary, Spring 2010
“Fairytale” published in Gertrude, no. 15, Fall 2010
“Rooftop” and “Brazilian Jiujitsu” published in Mythium, no. 3
“no” published in Weave, issue 6
“Death of Saudade” published in Diverse Voices Quarterly, vol. 3, issues 9 & 10
“Bastard” published in BLOOM, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2012
“Accounts of Lucifer” published in Conclave: A Journal of Character, issue 3, Spring 2012
“In Your Arms” published in Psychic Meatloaf, issue 5
“First Aid” published in Off the Rocks, vol. 16
“The Way We Wore Young” published in Oxford Poetry, XIV.2, Winter 2012
“Biography of a Heretic” and “proximity” published in The Boiler Annual, vol. 2, 2013
“Apocryphal” published in The Cape Rock, vol. 40, no. 1, Spring 2013
“In the Dark” published in Agenda, vol. 47, nos. 3-4
“Making Dinner” published in and/or, vol. 2, Spring 2014
“commitment” published in White Stag, vol. 1, issue 2
“For Identification Purposes Only” published in Floating Bridge Review, no. 7
“Beginnings” published in Berkeley Poetry Review, no. 43, Spring 2016
“Kisses” published in Mein schwules Auge/My Gay Eye, no. 17, October 2020
”Ida: A Requiem” published in Titled House Review, Spring 2022
"Vanity & Irony” and ”It Don’t Matter” published in Xavier Review, vol. 41, issue 40-41
”Babylon” published in Poetry Bus, issue 10 (Special 10th Anniversary issue)
”Dawn” published in The Malahat Review, issue 220, Fall 2022
”Wonders” published in Peauxdunque Review, double issue 7/8
“42” and “It’s no secret” published in & Change, issue 3
“Not Learning Names” published in The Hong Kong Review, vol. 3, no. 4
”Doomscrolling” published in Peauxdunque Review, issue 9
“When It’s 1987 on Napoleon Ave,” “Relationship Debris,” “He Daydreams of Crashing on the Causeway,” “Grave Visit,” and “Why Not to Date a Writer” published in Canto Cutie, vol. 7
“Pomelo” published in fourteen poems, issue 12
“Puja” and “Elegy for Jack Twist” published in RFD, no. 196, Winter 2023
“The Whole Thing” published in Queer Aesthetics, issue 1

Online/Digital Journals

“religion” published in ShoutOut! Magazine, www.shoutoutmagazine.com
“Desire Stays,” “Disarm,” “Kama’s Clay,” and “Sequela” published in Lodestar Quarterly, issue 1, www.lodestarquarterly.com
“Uninterrupted,” “Defect,” “Knowledge is Always Just Within Reach,” and “Poet’s Tragedy” published in Lethal White Trash SCRAP, www.lethalwhitetrash.torquere.com/news
“You Do,” “Weathervane,” “My mother’s carpenter god,” and “Sacrament” published in Unmade Magazine, June 2002 issue, www.unmade.com
“comment,” “You Bring Out the Chinese in Me,” and “The Book of Motes” published in suspect thoughts: a journal of subversive writing, issue 9, www.suspectthoughts.com
“Solidarity” published at www.generationrice.com, vol. 3, September 2002
“Why He Left” published in Shampoo, issue 15, www.shampoopoetry.com
“La Cocina” published in Narcolepsy Arms, issue 1, www.narcolepsyarms.com
“God”, “Home”, and “The Night” published in LYNX, October 2008, www.ahapoetry.com/ahalynx/
“Gospel of Mark” published in Dialogist, vol. 1, issue 2, www.dialogist.org
“Biography of a Heretic” and “proximity” published in The Boiler, no. 8, Summer 2013, www.theboilerjournal.com
”The Vindication of Judas” published in The Rumpus, April 14, 2014, www.therumpus.net
”At Risk” published in HIV Here & Now, July 29, 2015, www.hivhereandnow.com
”Inoculate” published in The New York Times, April 13, 2021
”Masking” and “Whulge” published in Last Leaves, no.3, Fall 2021, www.lastleavesmag.com
”The Vindication of Judas” republished in Next Door Villain, December 25, 2021, www.nextdoorvillain.com
”Prelude to a Breakup,” published in Louisiana Words, January 30, 2022, louisianawords.com
“Rainfallen,” published in Louisiana Words, February 6, 2022, louisianawords.com
“Text Messaging,” published in Louisiana Words, February 27, 2022, louisianawords.com
”Lagniappe” published in Louisiana Words, April 5, 2022, louisianawords.com
”Queen,” “Hookup App,” “Homecoming,” published in SUSPECT, May 20, 2022, singaporeunbound.com
”Tsunami, 2004” published in the other side of hope, vol. 2, issue 2, Winter 2022, othersideofhope.com
”If Tradition Applies” published in The Plentitudes, issue 9, Winter 2023, theplentitudes.com
”But” published in Stone Pacific, issue 10, stonepacificzine.com

Other Medias

“Saints & Sinners Invades Bookstream: Daniel W.K. Lee,” April 19, 2020
“Written to Remember,” To Remember: The Amp Virtual Arts Series, August 27-30, 2020
”Daniel W.K. Lee + Malik Thompson,” presented by Loyalty Bookstore, November 18, 2020
“Resilience and Impact: A Video Anthology of Poems” curated by poet Stephen S. Mills for Mt. Sinai's Men's Sexual Health Project on World AIDS Day 2020
”A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Daniel W.K. Lee,” presented by AQUA DC, February 23, 2021
”Writers Read: Saints + Sinners Reading Series 4,” 18th Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival, March 13, 2021
”Permeable Poetry Hotline,” One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival, June 11-13, 2021.
”SAS Pride 2023 Video Series: Daniel W.K. Lee & Chen Chen,” June 28, 2023

FICTION

Anthologies

“The Horrible Other” (under the pseudonym ‘Oscar E. Sun’) published in Take Out: Queer Writings from Asian Pacific America (Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 2001)
“Switch” published in Just the Sex (Alyson Books, 2003) & Brief Encounters (Cleis Press, 2011)

Print Journals

“Journal of a Homo” published in the Asian Pacific American Journal, vol. 9, no.2/vol. 10, no.1 (double issue)

Online/Digital Journals

“Aesthetic Americans” published at www.spoonfedamerika.com
“No Where” published in Hubris Magazine Online, www.hubrismagazine.com, issue 2, vol. 3
“Kids” published at One Forty Fiction, www.onefortyfiction.com/archives/kids

SCREENPLAYS

Purrformance (short film, 2010)

POETRY REVIEWS

“The Anchored Angel: Selected Writings,” Ten Magazine, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 2000
“Names Above Houses,” Ten Magazine, vol. 7, no. 1 &2 (Double Issue), Spring/Summer 2001 & Fall/Winter 2001
“Bridgeable Shores: Selected Poems (1969-2001),” Ten Magazine, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2002
“In the Mynah Bird’s Own Words,” Ten Magazine, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2002

READINGS

May 3, 1999                Black Fire on White Fire Reading
New York University (New York, NY)

May 8, 1999                Out on the Edge Together Festival ‘99/ShoutOut! Reading
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center (New York, NY)

Apr 3, 2001                An Asian American Reading
Borough of Manhattan Community College-CUNY (New York, NY)

Sept 20, 2001   Take Out Reading
Giovanni’s Room (Philadelphia, PA)

May 5, 2002              The Ultimate Sex Worker Conspiracy Soirée
True (New York, NY)

Oct 19, 2002          (re)collection 24: 2nd Anniversary Reading
Asian American Writers’ Workshop (New York, NY)

Nov 24, 2002     Sex Workers Art Show Tour
The Knitting Factory (New York, NY)

Mar 20, 2003         Narcolepsy Arms: The Gathering
Lolita (New York, NY)

Dec 14, 2003     New Writers’ Forum Reading
Cornelia Street Café (New York, NY)

Nov 30, 2004    I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage Reading
LGBT Community Center (New York, NY)

Mar 16, 2005             $pread magazine Launch Party
The Slipper Room (New York, NY)

Jun 4, 2009                The Page Series: Eating Her Wedding Dress Book Launch Party
The National Arts Club, (New York, NY)

Dec 1, 2009        Tongue for Folie Launch Party
Otto’s Shrunken Head (New York, NY)

Apr 21, 2011            Knocking at the Door Reading
Bowery Poetry Club (New York, NY)

May 14, 2012            New York in BLOOM
LGBT Community Center (New York, NY)

Apr 15, 2020               Bespoke Reading Series: Virtual Power Hour, Round 2
Zoom (New York, NY)

Aug 27, 2020             To Remember: The AMP Virtual Arts Series - Written to Remember
                                   Zoom (Seattle, WA)

Sept 16, 2020        Sexy Poetry Hour featuring Daniel W.K. Lee
Presented by Mount Sinai’s Men’s Sexual Health Project
Zoom (New York, NY)

Nov 18, 2020       Loyalty Bookstore presents Daniel W.K. Lee + Malik Thompson
                                    Zoom (Washington, DC)

Jan 27, 2021          Delgado Reading Series: Daniel W.K. Lee + Tiana Nobile
                                   Zoom (New Orleans, LA)

Feb 9, 2021           Queer Check-In: Daniel W.K. Lee
Zoom (Los Angeles, LA)

Feb 23, 2021 A Poetry Reading and Conversation with Daniel W.K. Lee
Presented by AQUA DC via Crowdcast (Washington, DC)

Mar 13, 2021 Writers Read: Saints + Sinners Reading Series 4:
Sally Bellerose, Bud Gundy, Daniel WK Lee,
Eric Peterson, Patrick Earl Ryan, and Alison Solomon
Presented by the 18th Saints + Sinners Literary Festival via YouTube
(New Orleans, LA)

Jul 22, 2021 Queer Home CookOUT
Parleaux Beer Lab (New Orleans, LA)

Jul 21, 2021 Coffee, Condoms, and Connections: Poetry Workshop, Open Mic, and Performance
Higher Ground Day Center (Greensboro, NC)

Oct 16, 2021 Poets in the Attic
The Attic On Adams (Toledo, OH)

Nov 18, 2021 Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans
“For the Love of Form: 21st Century Ghazals”
Zoom/Facebook/YouTube (New Orleans, LA)

Feb 12, 2022 Anatomies of Want: The Queer Desires of Travis Montez, Stephen S. Mills, and Daniel W.K. Lee
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (New York, NY)

Mar 17, 2022 At the Inkwell - Denver
Zoom (Denver, CO)

Mar 27, 2022 19th Annual Saints + Sinner Literary Festival Reading Series
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, LA)

Apr 21, 2022 New Orleans Poetry Festival - Locals Night
Saturn Bar (New Orleans, LA)

Apr 24, 2022 New Orleans Poetry Festival - The Poetry of Place and Queer Creolization of New Orleans Poets
Greenway Station (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 2022 Book Launch - Antonio Addessi’s Sleeptalking
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division (New York, NY)

Jun 10, 2022 Tilted House Review Spring 2022 Book Launch
The Front (New Orleans, LA)

Jun 26, 2022 Louisiana Words Live: New Orleans 2
AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (New Orleans, LA)

Aug 19, 2022 Gold Room
Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge (New Orleans, LA)

Nov 19, 2022 Skye Jackson, Daniel W.K. Lee, Nicole Greaves, and David Tomas Martinez
Jefferson Market Library (New York, NY)

Jan 10, 2023 Pillow Talk: an intimate night of queer writers
AllWays Lounge & Cabaret (New Orleans, LA)

Mar 16, 2023 Poetry & Pie: Daniel Lee and Allison Alsup
Windowsill Pies (New Orleans, LA)

Apr 3, 2023 KGB Monday Poetry Night featuring Devin Johnston & Daniel W.K. Lee
KGB Bar (New York, NY)

Apr 15-16, 2023 New Orleans Poetry Festival - Poets of Rebel Satori Press Reading
New Orleans Healing Center (New Orleans, LA)

Apr 18, 2023 TU Asian Studies Poetry Reading & Panel with Tiana Nobile, Daniel W.K. Lee, and Christine Kwon
Rogers Memorial Chapel (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 2023 Gold Room Anthology Launch
Blue Cypress Books (New Orleans, LA)

May 30, 2023 Bryant Park Reading Room with Timothy Liu, Erika Meitner, Deborah Landau, and Daniel W.K. Lee
Bryant Park (New York, NY)

Jun 17, 2023 Of Rust and Glass “Pride” Virtual Reading
Zoom (Toledo, OH)

Jul 27, 2023 Literary Speakeasy featuring Julian Mithra, Daniel W.K. Lee, J.R Rice, Matthew Beld, and Jean Znidarsic
Martuni’s (San Francisco, CA)

Jul 30, 2023 Reading with Daniel W.K. Lee, Octavio R. González, and Yume Kim
Fabulosa Books (San Francisco, CA)

Sept 23, 2023 Don Yorty, Daniel W.K. Lee, Jean Gallagher, James Pergola, Shelley Hainer, Toyosi Odusola, Consuelo Arias,
Shelby Marne, Reece Borden, Jody Johnson, and Sean Patrick Mulroy
Jefferson Market Library (New York, NY)

Oct 13, 2023 Belltown Art Walk: Daniel W.K. Lee, ry downey, Alexandria Simmons, Sami Ridge, and Alysa Levi-D’Ancona
Lush Bar (Seattle, WA)

PANELS

Mar 27, 2022 The Plague Years: AIDS, COVID, and Illness as Metaphor - 19th Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival
Panelists: Hans M. Hirschi, Ken Harvey, Gar McVey-Russell, Daniel W.K. Lee
Moderator: David Pratt
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, LA)

Mar 25, 2023 From the Erotic to the Divine: Poetry as Sacred Song of Sexuality - 20th Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival
Panelists: Flower Conroy, Lisa Dordal, Daniel W.K. Lee, Chip Livingston, Michael Montlack
Moderator: Brad Richard
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, LA)

Mar 26, 2023 Coming of Age in the Time of HIV & AIDS - 20th Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival
Panelists: Mark S. King, Jobert E. Abueva, Gerard Cabrera, Wes Jamison, Daniel W.K. Lee
Moderator: Jonathan Alexander
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, LA)

Mar. 24, 2024 We are Everywhere: BIPOC Writing and Publishing in Today’s World - 21st Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival
Panelists: Jewelle Gomez, Daniel W.K. Lee, Charles Rice-González, David Santos Donaldson, Justin Torres
Moderator: Gerard Cabrera
Hotel Monteleone (New Orleans, LA)

CLASSROOM VISITS

Apr 13, 2022 Poetic Prisons: Reading and Writing Ghazal with Daniel W.K. Lee
Higgins School of Humanities, Clark University
Dr. Nicolyn Woodcock

Mar 21, 2023 Literature & Social Justice Series Poetry Reading with Daniel W.K. Lee
University of California, Merced
Dr. Mai-Linh Hong

Mar 31, 2023 The Art and Craft of Poetry
Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
Prof. Scott Hightower

Sept 14, 2023 Writers at Work with Daniel W.K. Lee
University of New Orleans
Prof. Carolyn Hembree

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RELATED EXPERIENCE

Editorships

suspect thoughts: a journal of subversive writing Issue 12

Internships

Gay & Lesbian Review
Poetry Editorial Intern 1/99 – 3/99

Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Editorial Assistant 9/99 – 6/00

Curatorships

Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Rising from the Center 1999
Poetry from Our Coasts: A Tri-Coastal Affair March 23, 2024
(21st Annual Saints + Sinners Literary Festival)

Writing Workshops

CreateNow Youth Writing Program (Asian American Writers’ Workshop)
Haiku Writing Workshop 2000

Volunteer Positions

Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Events Coordinator 3/99 – 9/99
Take Out Publicist 6/00 – 9/00

Suspect Thoughts Press
Project: QueerLit Review Committee 6/03 – 1/04