Des Mannay is a Welsh writer of colour. His first poetry collection, Sod ’em – and tomorrow is published by Waterloo Press. He is co-editor of The Angry Manifesto poetry journal and Associate Editor of Poetry Wales.

Winner -‘rethinkyourmind’ poetry competition (2015), LIT-UP poetry competition (2019). 2nd/ highly commended – Disability Arts Cymru poetry Competition (2015). ‘Gold Award’ – Creative Futures Literary Awards (2015). Shortlisted in 7 competitions, performed at numerous venues/festivals, and published in various poetry journals. Work in 44 poetry anthologies, so far.

Des has poems in  Where We Find Ourselves,  A470 Poems for the Road/Cerddi’r Ffordd and Byways.

Mae Des Mannay yn ysgrifennwr Cymreig o liw. Mae ei gasgliad cyntaf o farddoniaeth, Sod ’em – and tomorrow yn cael ei gyhoeddi gan Waterloo Press. Mae’n gydolygydd y cyfnodolyn barddoniaeth The Angry Manifesto. Ef oedd enillydd cystadleuaeth farddoniaeth ‘rethinkyourmind’ (2015), cystadleuaeth farddoniaeth LIT-UP (2019), daeth yn ail gyda chymeradwyaeth uchel yng nghystadleuaeth barddoniaeth Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru (2015), a derbyniodd ‘Wobr Aur’ y Creative Futures Literary Awards (2015). Mae wedi bod ar restr fer 7 cystadleuaeth, wedi perfformio mewn sawl gŵyl a lleoliad, ac wedi cyhoeddi ei waith mewn nifer o wahanol gyfnodolion barddoniaeth. Mae gwaith Des wedi ymddangos mewn 26 blodeugerdd.