Rod Pederson
Rod's chapbook, Words for What Happens, was a finalist for the 2016 Vallum Chapbook of the Year Contest.
Rod Pederson is an Ottawa poet. His chapbook, Obviously, Obviously Not What It Seems, was published by phafours press in 2014. In February 2015, he read as the Sawdust Reading Series' Poem-Off winner, chosen by Monty Reid. Another chapbook, Words for What Happens, was a finalist for the 2016 Vallum Chapbook of the Year Contest. Also in 2016, Rod's poem, Lament of a Bleeding Heart, was published in Arc Poetry Magazine as a runner-up for their Poem of the Year Contest.
