WINNER of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, London, England, anthology publication, 2021
WINNER of the Ageless Authors International Poetry Contest, Texas, U.S.A., 2021
MEDALIST in the Nosside Prize 2020 Competition and published in the XXXV World Poetry Prize Anthology, Italy, 2021
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Desmond Morton Internationl Poetry Contest, Ireland, 2021
FINALIST for the Plough International Poetry Prize, United Kingdom, 2021
SECOND PRIZE WINNER in the 90th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio, anthology publication, 2021
THIRD PRIZE WINNER, Mikrokosmos Poetry Contest, U.S.A. 2022
terra australis incognita
WINNER of the Enizagam International Poetry Contest and published in Enizagam, Oakland, California, 2019
WINNER of the UN-aligned Poetry Competition, Finland, 2021
COMMENDED POEM, Parkinson’s Art Poet of the Year, England, 2022
Published in poets meet politics, Hungry Hill Writing, England, 2019
Published in The Best 64 Poets of 2019 by Black Mountain Press, North Carolina
diary of a dead eel boy
WINNER of the Frank O’Hara Prize in Massachusetts for best contest submission, anthology publication in 2021
WINNER of the Spoon River Poetry Review Editors’ Prize, Illinois, anthology publication, 2022
WINNER of the Allingham Arts Festival Poetry Competition, Ireland, 2021
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Desmond Morton Internationl Poetry Contest, Ireland, 2021
TOP FOUR in the Oprelle Masters Poetry Competition, Pennsylvania, anthology publication, 2021
#mentoo
CONTEST WINNER and published in The Best 64 Poets of 2018 by Black Mountain Press, 2019
one big loud thing unheard
WINNER of the Enizagam International Poetry Contest and published in Enizagam, Oakland, California, 2019
FINALIST and published in Passionate Penholders, Wingless Dreamer Chapbook, India, 2019
gram bonkers makes a wireless connection
CONTEST WINNER and published in The Best 64 Poets of 2018 by Black Mountain Press, 2019
CONTEST WINNER and published in Nature 20/20 by Willowdown Books, England, 2020
octopus in the room
WINNER of the Enizagam International Poetry Contest and published in Enizagam, Oakland, California, 2019
FINALIST in the Poets Meet Painters 2022 Competition and published in Poets Meet Painters 2022, Ireland, 2022
existential deer
COMMENDED POEM (top five of 2000) in the Magma Poetry Competition, London, England, 2019-2020
FINALIST for the Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry in New York and published in Harpur Palate, a literary journal, 2021
a mother mulls her son’s self-injuries
HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Desmond Morton Internationl Poetry Contest, Ireland, 2021
Deer [sic] Poetry Contest Judges
SHORTLIST for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, London, England, anthology publication, 2020
What happens when I die?
Published by Cathexis Northwest Press, 2021
the influencer
WINNER of the Southern Shakespeare Company Sonnet Contest, Florida, 2022
old man seven bell
WINNER of the Indigo Open Poetry Prize, England, online publication, 2022
eulogy for empire
WINNER of the Samuel Washington Allen Prize for best long poem, NEPC, Massachusetts, publication, 2022
Books by Dean Gessie
Guantanamo Redux, Anaphora Literary Press, Brownsville, Texas, 2016.
A Brief History of Summer Employment, Anaphora Literary Press, Brownsville, Texas, 2017.
TrumpeterVille, Anaphora Literary Press, Brownsville, Texas, 2017.
Anthropocene, UnCollected Press, Ellicott City, Maryland, 2020.
goat song, UnCollected Press, Ellicott City, Maryland, 2020.
UNCOLLECTED PRESS: The Raw Art Review 