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     Stephen (Steve) De France is a widely published poet both in America and in Great Britain. His work has also appeared in Ireland & Australia in a number of publications.  He has been nominated for A Pushcart Prize in Poetry in both 2002 and again in 2003. In England he won a Reader's Award in Orbis Magazine    for his poem "Hawks" and in the United States he won the Josh Samuels Annual Poetry Competition (2003) for his poem "The Man Who Would Love Mermaids".  Some of his literary titles include: The Killer: A Play in Three Acts (Quick Silver) 2006, Things to Read on Your Way To Hell (Musclehead Press) 2005, The Killer And Other Politically Incorrect Poems (Xlibris) 2003, Voices At The Waystation (Xlibris) 2003, Luminous Order (Xlibris) 2002, Dream Siege (Alpha Beat Press) 1999, Dancing On The Head Of A Pin (Inevitable Press) 1998, Signals From The Land (Inevitable Press) 1996, What's It Like Where I am Going? (Inevitable Press) 1996, Ordinary Angers (Inevitable Press) 1993, and Lost In Hollywood (Quick Silver Press) 1989. He was presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999 by Chapman University. His work continues to appear in the leading journals of the day.

      He has more than 400 poetry publications that have appeared in some of the leading poetry journals of the day. Recent publications include: Wallace Stevens Journal, Mid American Poetry Review, Writer's Bloc, The New Writer, IOTA, The Glass Tesseract, Rattle, Orbis, The Blade, Lynx Eye, Poetry Motel, Cimarron Review, Chiron Review, Satire, The Sun, River King Poetry Press, Higgonsville Reader, California State Poetry Quarterly, Poets On, Blindman’s Rainbow, ZZZ Zine, Imago, Mojo Risin, Black Cross Magazine, Rooms With A View, Clarkstreet Review, Barbaric Yawp, Fullosia Press, Dana Literary Society, Los Contemporary Poesy & Art, Social Alternatives, Art:Mag, 360 Degrees, JVC Books & many others.

      Steve De France has traveled widely in the United States. On several occasions he has hitchhiked across America & has ridden the rails on freight trains across the southwestern United States. He has been a pugilist & a professional table tennis player. He writes poetry and sails a small sailboat in Long Beach, California. He has written & sold scripts for Hollywood & worked as a professional actor in film & television. He received his MFA in poetry from Chapman University. Steve continues to teach writing at an obscure college in downtown Los Angeles.

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