Christine Despardes

Successful small press poet. A review in Krax magazine described her poetry as "consistently readable".

Online Presence

• Visit the author's literary blog, Sweet Nothings
• Poetry available for download

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

• Finalist in the International Division of the 1998 Scots International Poetry Competition with her long verse narrative, Brandenburger Tor.
• Placed 13th in the 2009 Purple Patch UK Small Press Poets of the Year.
• Runner-up (second place) in the 2010 Data Dump Award for the best sci-fi poem published in the UK in 2009 with Peas and Diced Carrots (Bard 73).

Publications from Atlantean Publishing

• Small Press Voyager: The Data Dump Files (2018)
  • "Peas and Diced Carrots"

• The Bards 30 - The Tristan Cycle

Appearances in Atlantean Publications

COVER ART

• The Bards 30 - The Tristan Cycle
• Bard 156
• Bard 159
• Bard 162
• Bard 163
• Bard 168
• Bard 170
• Bard 177
• Bard 180

verse and prose

Awen 71

• Midnight
• Kaherdin

Awen 101

• b^x = y The Logarithm

Awen 103

• Recovery
• Opening arguments
• Return at Midnight

Awen 104

• Romanza
• Unfinished

Bard 73

• Peas and Diced Carrots

Bard 97

• Dead Lives

Bard 103

• Ghouls and Beasts

Bard 184

• After Philippians 4:8

Bard 185

• Ikons

Bard 187

• Belle an Beau
• In the Garden of Dreams

Bard 189

• Kali Yuga

The Supplement 56

• The International, A Movie Review
• On Short Prose

The Supplement 81

• The Benevolent Banker and Other Enigmas by John Light 

The Supplement 82

• Comment on “Sicily: Culture and Conquest at the British Museum” by Paul Murphy in The Supplement 79

The Supplement 84

• Kiss of the Viking by Julie Maclean 

The Supplement 85

• A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson

The Supplement 88

• Commotion Time by Cardinal Cox

The Supplement 89

• Under the Greenwood Tree by Cardinal Cox

appearances in related publications

Digital Pamphlets

• A 2019 release of 4 thematic self-published pamphlets of short prose and verse available at http://chrisd.tradebit.com; click on "Files".

Handshake, a newsletter of the eight hand gang

• Produced by John Frances Haines, Handshake (defunct) issues 50, 59, 75 and 86 presented a dozen verses submitted between 2001 and 2014. They will be available again as part of a separate compilation.

Moodswing

• Moodswing (defunct) issue 7 presented the verses "Untitled", "Cold Coffee" and "Back On The Street".

purple patch

• Purple Patch (defunct) issue 113 presented the verses "Outerlands" and "High Flyer" in March 2006.

tigershark

• Tigershark #19 published the verse "Coda" in August 2018.