Deep Mental lake

Austin Veldman
Collage

Austin Veldman is a poet, editor, and collage artist from South Bend, Indiana. In 2017 he founded Twyckenham Notes. Since then, the online literary journal has been awarded the Pushcart Prize, become home to the Joe Bolton Poetry Award, and was named a finalist for CLMP's Firecracker Award in the Best Debut Magazine category. He is also the Managing Editor of 42 Miles Press and, along with David Dodd Lee, the Co-Editor of the newly formed online journal The Glacier. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in the Atlanta Review, Midwest Review, Epiphany, Ocean State Review, Free State Review, The Summerset Review, and more. His collage art can be found in Watershed Review and The Penn Review. Veldman works in the automotive salvage industry and has taught contemporary poetry at Indiana University South Bend, where he holds an MA in English. He lives in Northern Indiana with his wife and three children. www.austinveldman.com