Joel Toledo

Joel M. Toledo (born 1972) is a poet, fictionist, critic, and journalist based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. He has been granted residencies by the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, and the International Writing Program (IWP) in Iowa, United States.

Early life and education

He grew up in the town of Silang, Cavite.

Works

Poetry

The Blue Ones Are Machines, (2017, Vagabond Press, Australia) Fault Setting (2016, University of the Philippines Press) Ruins and reconstructions (2011, Anvil Publishing) The Long Lost Startle (2009, University of the Philippines Press) Chiaroscuro (2008, University of Santo Tomas Press)

Anthologies

Under the Storm: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Poetry (Co-editor, 2011, Antithesis Collective) Caracoa 2006 (2006, Co-Editor)

Awards, prizes, and fellowships

2006 2nd and 3rd Prize Winner, Bridport Prize for Poetry Dorset, UK 2011 International Writing Program Fellowship, Iowa, US Second Prize, 2004 Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Poetry in English (Literature and Other Poems)