{{Short description|Filipino poet}} {{Infobox writer | name = Ryan Caidic | birth_place = Philippines | occupation = Poet, Advertising Creative | education = Ateneo de Manila University, Philippine Science High School | genre = Poetry | website = {{URL|ryancaidic.com/#poetry|Ryan Caidic Poetry}} | image = Ryan Caidic Profile Pic.jpg | caption = Caidic in Hamburg }}
'''Ryan Caidic''' is a Filipino poet and advertising creative. His work has received international recognition,<ref>{{Cite web |last=TGFM |date=2025-11-12 |title=This Filipino just made history in major international poetry awards |url=https://theglobalfilipinomagazine.com/this-filipino-just-made-history-in-major-international-poetry-awards/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Global Filipino Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> including commendations from the Bridport Prize<ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 Bridport Prize Winners |url=https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2025/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Bridport Prize |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the Munster Literature Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition Results – Munster Literature Centre |url=https://munsterlit.ie/fool-for-poetry-chapbook-competition-results-2/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> He won the first International Poetry Prize at London's Bermondsey and Beyond Literary Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filipino poet Ryan Caidic elevates diaspora stories on the global stage – Philippines Today |url=https://phltoday.net/filipino-poet-ryan-caidic-elevates-diaspora-stories-on-the-global-stage/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bermondsey and Beyond Festival Winners |url=https://www.biglocalworks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Bermondsey-and-Beyond-Poetry-Competition-Entries-for-website.pdf}}</ref> and has received a Palanca Award, the highest literary honor in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bautista |first=Jane |date=2025-11-27 |title=54 scribes win at 73rd Palanca Awards; Inquirer editor among judges |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2147071/fwd-54-scribes-win-at-73rd-palanca-awards-inquirer-exec-editor-among-judges |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST: Winners of 2025 Carlos Palanca Awards Diamond Jubilee Year |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/2025/11/28/2490470/list-winners-2025-carlos-palanca-awards-diamond-jubilee-year |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature |url=http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/history |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=www.palancaawards.com.ph}}</ref>
He is the author of ''50 Ways Home'', forthcoming from Fernwood Press in the United States.
==Poetry==
Caidic’s work has appeared in ''Poetry Wales,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wales Poetry Awards Shortlist |url=https://poetrywales.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WPA-23-shortlist_UPDATE.pdf}}</ref> the ''Southeast Review'' (University of Florida),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Olivia |date=2025-08-05 |title=Poetry by Ryan Caidic |url=https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/poetry-by-ryan-caidic |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=thesoutheastreview |language=en}}</ref> ''Southword: New and International Writing,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southword 46 – Munster Literature Centre |url=https://munsterlit.ie/bookshop/southword-46/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''Breakwater Review'' (University of Massachusetts Boston MFA students),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grinding Cacao by Ryan Caidic |url=https://www.breakwaterreview.com/grinding-cacao |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=breakwaterreview |language=en}}</ref> and other publications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE B’K Vol. 15 Issue 4 |url=https://www.talbot-heindl.com/wp-content/plugins/pdf-poster/pdfjs-new/web/viewer.html?file=https://www.talbot-heindl.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/04_Autumn2024.pdf&nobaki=false&z=0&stdono=&onlypdf=&raw=&fullscreen=1&sidebarOpen=false&side=false&open=false&hrscroll=#page=1 |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=www.talbot-heindl.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=perfectsublimemasters |title=Poetry by Ryan Caidic |url=https://eunoiareview.wordpress.com/tag/ryan-caidic/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Eunoia Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mobius: The Journal of Social Change |url=https://mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/dandelio.html |access-date=2025-12-08 |website=mobiusmagazine.com}}</ref>
His poetry has been noted in literary festivals. Gwyneth Box of UK's South Warwickshire Literary Festival highlighted his ability to evoke home through language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judges' Reports 2025 |url=https://www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/copy-of-judges-reports-2024 |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=SouthWarksLitFest |language=en}}</ref> Filipina-British poet and author Romalyn Ante described his writing as being "quietly powerful in the way it takes everyday acts and turning it into a meditation on care, patience and risk."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ante |first=Romalyn |title=Bridport Prize 2025 Judge’s Report |url=https://bridportprize.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Judges-report-2025.pdf}}</ref> Canadian poet and educator Mercedes Eng noted that his use of numbered footnotes “inventively mirrors dehumanizing practices” in a poem shortlisted for the Prism International Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=The Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Winning Pieces as chosen by judge Mercedes Eng |url=https://prismmagazine.ca/2024/04/02/the-pacific-spirit-poetry-prize-winning-pieces-as-chosen-by-judge-mercedes-eng/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=PRISM international |language=en-CA}}</ref>
In an interview on [https://storydiscovery.podbean.com/e/a-selection-of-poems-by-ryan-caidic/ Onyx Publications’ Story Discovery Podcast], Caidic discussed the diasporic themes in his work, calling it a eulogy to his past and to his country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Selection of Poems by Ryan Caidic |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a-selection-of-poems-by-ryan-caidic/id1548499105?i=1000715895349&l=en-GB |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotify – Web Player |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ltTG6orMt1fZwrHbsSQfn |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Spotify |language=en}}</ref>
==Selected awards==
* [https://www.ryancaidic.com/general-5 First Prize], Bermondsey and Beyond Literary Festival (UK) * Second Prize, Onyx Publications Spring Poetry Competition (US)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2nd Place Poetry – A Selection of Poems by Ryan Caidic {{!}} Onyx Publications |url=https://onyxpublications.com/2nd-place-poetry-a-selection-of-poems-by-ryan-caidic/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=onyxpublications.com}}</ref> * Third Prize, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Poetry in English (PH) ** With commentary from judge and academic José Wendell Capili on his public Facebook page, noting the work’s engagement on themes of labor and diaspora as a “liturgy for the displaced.”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cartographies of Crisis: Revisiting Poetry at the 2025 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vwLuSdMBEeHzqDR2TQRRLcXY5XYJy9SgegX1bKx6PbvvVR6whjWDfozFXQVyeCSPl&id=585551564}}</ref>
* Highly Commended, Bridport Prize (UK) * Highly Commended, Fool For Poetry International Chapbook Competition by Munster Literature Centre (UK) * Highly Commended, Chesham Literary Festival (UK) * Shortlisted, Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize (UK)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize Shortlist |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DL4O4Uuo_bn/?igsh=NDhtNGhqeDZ4cDFi |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> * Nominated, Best of the Net (US)<ref> https://www.talbot-heindl.com/2025nominations </ref>
==Advertising career==
Alongside his literary career, Ryan Caidic has worked as an advertising copywriter and creative director.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Caidic body of work |url=https://www.ryancaidic.com/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Portfolio |language=en}}</ref> He describes poetry and his work in advertising as mutually sustaining and complementary disciplines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Substack |title=Ryan Caidic on building creative stamina |url=https://substack.com/inbox/post/175687675 |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=substack.com |language=en}}</ref>
He has been recognized as the Philippine 4As Next Gen Creative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=magazine |first=adobo |date=2023-09-18 |title=TBWA\SMP triumphs at the 25th Annual Agency of the Year Awards – adobo Magazine |url=https://www.adobomagazine.com/advertising-awards/tbwa-smp-25th-agency-of-the-year-awards/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=adobo Magazine Online |language=en-US}}</ref> He has won a number of advertising awards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advertising Awards |url=https://www.ryancaidic.com/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Portfolio |language=en}}</ref> and has served as a jury member for industry shows like New York Fest,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-16 |title=Updated: New York Festivals Advertising Awards reveals 2019 Grand Jury: 65 Asian jury members |url=https://campaignbriefasia.com/2019/01/16/new-york-festivals-advertising/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Campaign Brief Asia |language=en-AU}}</ref> Webby Awards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences Member Ryan Caidic |url=https://www.iadas.net/membership/bio/ryan-caidic/11730 |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=IADAS |language=en-US}}</ref> Act Responsible’s Act Care Awards,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kurata |first=Isabel |date=2025-09-24 |title=MEET THE ACT CARE AWARDS JURY OF WORLDWIDE CREATIVES |url=https://www.act-responsible.org/2025-act-care-awards-jury-of-creatives/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Act Responsible |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Kiev International Advertising Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |title=JURY |url=https://kiaf.com.ua/jury |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=kiaf.com.ua}}</ref> and has been listed in creative rankings by Campaign Brief.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=GIGIL goes back to back at #1 in Campaign Brief Asia's Creative Rankings for The Philippines: Leo Burnett Manila ranks #2 with TBWASMP at #3 |url=https://campaignbriefasia.com/2025/02/14/gigil-goes-back-to-back-at-1-in-campaign-brief-asias-creative-rankings-for-the-philippines-leo-burnett-manila-ranks-2-with-tbwasmp-at-3/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Campaign Brief Asia |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-02 |title=TBWASMP goes 5 in a row as Campaign Brief Asia Philippines Creative Agency of the Year; Top 3 creatives are Petch & Partners’ Rachel Villanueva & Jereek Espiritu and TBWA's John Ed de Vera |url=https://campaignbriefasia.com/2021/11/02/tbwasmp-goes-5-in-a-row-as-campaign-brief-asia-philippines-creative-agency-of-the-year-top-3-creatives-are-petch-partners-rachel-villanueva-jereek-espiritu-and-tbwas-john-ed-de-vera/ |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=Campaign Brief Asia |language=en-AU}}</ref>
==Personal life== Ryan Caidic was born and raised in the Philippines. He wrote for school publications as the editor-in-chief throughout his early education, and later contributed to Ateneo de Manila’s student publication, Matanglawin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matanglawin Tomo31 - blg3 {{!}} PDF |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/24900407/Matanglawin-tomo31-blg3 |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Scribd |language=en}}</ref> As of 2025, he is based in Europe with his family.
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