Damion Spencer

Damion Spencer is originally from St. Mary in Jamaica, and now lives in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a BEd (Hons) in Literacy Studies from the University of the West Indies, Mona, and an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing from the niversity of Hull. His work explores the vestiges of colonialism and the effect of urban living on well-being and mental health via the immigrant experience. Versions of stories in his debut collection The Devil's Horsewhip have been published by both Wasafiri (whose prose judges said his work was "vivid" with a "spectacular voice") and The Caribbean Writer. He was longlisted in the 2022 BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Award for Writers in the Caribbean and received an Honourable Mention for the award the following year. He was longlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the 2021 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize. His work has won a gold medal and was featured in the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's Best of Festival Series.