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About Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard is the recipient of the 2018 Bridwhistle Prize in Poetry. Originally from Houston, Texas, he received his MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Best New Poets , Electric Literature, Nimrod , Crab Creek Review , and The Boiler Journal , and has received nominations for the Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions (finalist) and Pushcart prizes. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter where he works as a writer for a hospital.

Two poems by Todd Dillard

Todd Dillard

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A Door like a Wound The door first appeared in my backyard, white sentinel among anemone sheets unfurling on clotheslines. The next morning I found it laying on the back row of the bus, … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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