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Donny Winter

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Donny Winter is a poet residing in Midland, Michigan. He writes LGBTQ+ themed nature poetry rooted in sci-fi, cyberpunk, and solarpunk subgenres. His debut full-length collection, Carbon Footprint (Alien Buddha Press, 2020) topped Amazon's LGBTQ+ poetry list and his second full-length collection, Feats of Alchemy (Alien Buddha Press, 2021), topped both the LGBTQ+ poetry and American poetry lists. His recent chapbook of poems, Casting Seeds (Alien Buddha Press, 2022) was met with similar success.

His poems, "My Closet is a Reliquary", "My Therapist is a Bumper Sticker", and "On Being Ashamed to Cry", were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Additionally, his poem "Alabaster" was nominated for the Best of the Net Award. Winter's poetry has been ...more

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	Godzilla: 70th Anniversary by James Stokoe (Writer / Artist / Letterer), Joëlle Jones (Artist), Dan DiDio 3.92 avg rating — 85 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Godzilla's 70th Anniversary by James Stokoe (Writer / Artist / Letterer), Dan DiDio, Joëlle Jones (Artist) 3.65 avg rating — 86 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carbon Footprint by Donny Winter (Goodreads Author), Tiffany Schmieder-Kups (Illustrator), Alien Buddha (Contributor) 4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feats of Alchemy by Donny Winter (Goodreads Author), Seth Stang (Illustrator), Alien Buddha (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casting Seeds by Donny Winter (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien Buddha's Best of 2022: Standard Color print by Alien Buddha, N.J. Gallegos (Goodreads Author), Candria Slamin it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien Buddha Goes Pop: Black and White Print by Alien Buddha, Yrik-Max Valentonis, Jared Morningstar (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien Buddha Skips The Party by Alien Buddha, Red Focks, Donny Winter (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Alien Buddha's Best of 2021: Black and White Paperback print by Amy Solo, Donny Winter (Goodreads Author), Christina M. Rau (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Oct/POEM/ber 2025 – A Poem Writing Challenge

It’s that time of year again; it’s officially OCT/POEM/BER! Throughout the month of October, I challenge willing participants to write one poem per day for 31 days! What’s even more exciting is that this year, I’m partnering with the Friends of Roethke Foundation to promote this challenge!

What is Oct/POEM/ber: Back in 2019, I grew envious of artists and fiction writers because they got to enjoy mo

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The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How To Decolonize the Creative Classroom

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