Morgan Owen, from Merthyr Tudfil, works as a freelance writer and translator and is a regular contributor to publications such as O'r Pedwar Gwynt, Barddas and Y Stamp.

In 2018, he won the D Gwyn Evans Memorial Trophy (presented by Barddas) for the second year running; and he was the poet-in-residence of the Architecture Exhibition at Y Lle Celf in the Eisteddfod the same year. In October 2018, he was one of four poets who took part in Literature Wales’ Her 100 Cerdd. He was BBC Radio Cymru’s Poet of the Month for January 2019, and was also part of the Hay Festival’s Writers at Work Scheme the same year.

He was the winner of our annual Her Gyfieithu competition in 2019.

His publications include:

• Bedwen ar y lloer (poetry) (Cyhoeddiadau'r Stamp, 2019)
• moroedd/dŵr (poetry) (Cyhoeddiadau'r Stamp, 2019)
• Y Gweundir (selection of a play) (Y Stamp, 2018)