Thomas Kneeland is an award-winning poet, author, speaker, and visual artist. He is the author of the chapbook We Be Walkin’ Blackly in the Deep (Marian University Department of Media, Communication, and Design), and one of ten 2022 Frontier Poetry Global Poetry Prize finalists, for the continent of Africa. His poetry is published or forthcoming in Kitchen Table Quarterly, Up the Staircase Quarterly, South Florida Poetry Journal, INverse Poetry Archives, Clepsydra Literary & Art Magazine, view more »
Artist Style: Black Art; Literary: Documentary, Editor, Instructor, Poetry, Prose, Stream of Consciousness; Music: Experimental; Visual: Documentary, Experimental
Artist Medium: Visual Arts: Computer
B.A. English (Creative Writing), Depauw University – May 2014
M.A. Ministry, Worship Arts Specialization, IWU, Wesley Seminary – May 2021
MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry), Butler University – December 2023
Butler University MFA
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. – Kappa Theta Sigma Chapter
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)
LEDA Scholars – Cohort 5
2023 CICF Artist Ambassador Travel Grant
2023 Club 1914 Scholarship
2022 Frontier Global Poetry Prize (Finalist)
Phi Beta Sigma 2022 Education Scholarship