ABOUT
Short bio:
Dan Hogan (they/them) is the author of Secret Third Thing, which won the Mary Gilmore Award and the Five Islands Prize. Secret Third Thing was also named one of the ‘best 25 Australian books of 2023’ by The Guardian. Hogan’s poetry has won the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, XYZ Prize, and Val Vallis Award, among others. Their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has been published widely, including in Overland, Meanjin, Going Down Swinging, The Guardian, and Jacobin. Hogan runs DIY publisher Subbed In and edits the working-class literary journal Industrial Estate. In 2024, Hogan received funding from Creative Australia to complete their first novel, tentatively titled The Phrog.
More of Hogan’s work can be found at: https://www.2dan2hogan.com/
Longer bio:
Dan Hogan (they/them) is a working-class writer from San Remo, NSW, Australia (Awabakal and Darkinjung Country). They currently live and work on Dharug and Gadigal Country (Sydney).
Hogan’s poetry has won by the Peter Porter Poetry Prize, Judith Wright Poetry Prize, Val Vallis Award, XYZ Prize, Harri Jones Prize, Woollahra Digital Literary Award, and a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter fellowship. In their spare time, Hogan runs small DIY publisher Subbed In.
Hogan’s debut full-length poetry collection Secret Third Thing was released by Cordite Books in 2023, and can be purchased here. Secret Third Thing won the Mary Gilmore Award and the Five Islands Prize. It has been reviewed in Meanjin, Australian Book Review, and The Big Issue, among others, and named one of the ‘best 25 Australian books of 2023’ by The Guardian.
Spanning poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, Hogan’s writing has appeared in Meanjin, Overland, Going Down Swinging, Jacobin, Southerly, Cordite, The Suburban Review, The Guardian, Crikey, Scum Mag, Rabbit, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, The Lifted Brow, and Voiceworks, among others. Their work has been anthologised in books such as Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin, 2022) and Groundswell (Overland, 2022).
Hogan has also appeared at festivals, readings, and numerous events including the National Young Writers’ Festival, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Emerging Writers’ Festival, Queensland Poetry Festival, and Digital Writers’ Festival.
In 2024, Hogan received funding from Creative Australia to complete their first novel, tentatively titled The Phrog.
Awards:
Winner: Harri Jones Prize 2022 (as part of Newcastle Poetry Prize)
Winner: Arts Queensland XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken Word 2022
Shortlisted: XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word 2021
Finalist: QPF2020 Film+Poetry Challenge
Shortlisted: Woollahra Digital Literary Prize for Poetry 2020
Shortlisted: Woollahra Digital Literary Prize for Non-fiction 2019
Shortlisted: Overland Fair Australia Prize in Poetry 2019
Shortlisted: Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2015/16
Residencies:
2022 City of Sydney Poet in Residence
2021 Running Dog Poetry Micro-Residency
2020 Varuna Residency
2019 Next Chapter Varuna Residency
If you'd like to get in contact, please email dan@subbed.in or use the contact form below.
