About
Ryan (he/him) is a queer writer from Dayton, Ohio, and an adjunct professor. He completed his MFA in Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University’s Bluegrass Writers Studio. Ryan’s nonfiction and poetry have been featured in No Tokens, Flights, Longridge Review, Red Noise Collective, Miracle Monocle, The Uncommon Grackle, Meniscus, Free Spirit’s short story anthology 7 Deadly Sins, Wingless Dreamer’s poetry anthology Vanish in Poetry, and others.
In 2019, his poem "Providence" placed third in the Poetry: Adult category of Sinclair College’s national writing contest. His flash fiction story “Binge” was long listed for Hunger: The Best of Brilliant Flash Fiction 2014-2019, and his hybrid form chapbook Americano was long-listed for multiple awards.
Ryan’s essay “Dress” was nominated for The Pushcart Prize (2025). When he isn’t advocating for the Oxford comma, Ryan is [exploring] a town near you.
Writing
Public Readings
Public Readings
Public Readings
Perfume: A Queer Monthly Reading Series | "Mesopredator"
1-July-2025
No Tokens; Issue 11 Launch Party
Pete's Candy Shop | "Dress"
29-August-2024
2023 Disquiet International
Grémio Literário
“Sugar Poppy Requiem"
3-July-2023
2022 Disquiet International
Grémio Literário | “Sacrament”
30-June-2022
Sinclair College Spectrum Awards
Sinclair College | “Providence”
15-April-2019
Published Works
Public Readings
Public Readings
Forthcoming; The Linden Review
"Dysphoria"
Flights 2025 | “Seventeen”
No Tokens; Issue 11
“Dress”
The Bookends Review
February 14th, 2024 | "Girlfriend"
The Uncommon Grackle,
November 2023 | “Scar”
Miracle Monocle; Issue 21, Fall 2023 “Sugar Poppy Requiem”
Red Noise Collective, June 2023 “Americano”
Longridge Review, Spring 2023
“Five”
Flights 2022 | “Bridesmaid” &
“The City of Lights”
Wingless Dreamer: Vanish in Poetry “Two Pennies”
Free Spirit: 7 Deadly Sins
“Twenty-Five”
Flights 2019 | “Providence”
Awards
Public Readings
Awards
2025 Pushcart Prize Nominee | "Dress"
Longlisted for Neon Hemlock’s 2023 OutWrite Chapbook Competition | “Americano”
Longlisted for Alternating Current Press’ 2023 Electric Book Award “Americano”
Longlisted for Brilliant Flash Fiction’s Hunger:
The Best of Brilliant Flash Fiction 2014-2019 | “Binge”
2019 Sinclair College Annual Creative Writing Awards Poetry: Third Place “Providence”
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