“I wrote my first poem when I was 21. Then life took its turn, and it was not until 50 that I could breathe and start my 2nd poem…and now, I can see my 2,000th, God willing.” 

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As of 2026, Wayne has published 22 poetry books. Wayne has also written 2 books of prose and poetry, 1 book of 13 short stories, and has composed 21 lyrics and melodies collected in 2 DVDs and 1 CD.

Hundreds of Wayne’s poems have been recognized and published in over 45 poetry journals and anthologies, mostly in the US, as well as in the UK, Canada and Ireland, including: The Lyric, Ibbetson Street, California Quarterly (California State Poetry Society), Christian Science Monitor, Wisconsin Review, Main Street Rag, Poetry Quarterly, Glimpse poetry magazine, Constellations, A Journal of Poetry and Fiction, Willow Review, Time of Singing poetry journal, Chronogram magazine and three UK publications, including Acumen. Many of his poems were selected as honorable mentions in contests such as: Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition, California State Poetry Society Annual Contest, Nebraska State Poetry Society Open Poetry Contest, Crosswinds Poetry Contest, Pangea Prize, Ina Coolbrith Circle Contest and Time of Singing Ekphrastic Poetry Contest. Two poems were awarded 1st prize, and three poems were awarded 3rd prize in different years of the Annual Poetry Contest for the Dancing Poetry Festival over the course of a decade.

The author received his BS degree (physics), from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan, MS degree (physics), at University of California, Riverside and MA degree (biophysics), from University of California, Berkeley. Over the course of his 50 years entrepreneurial career,* he devoted many decades to publishing. Wayne was responsible for the publication of 12 printed consumer magazines (including one poetry magazine), and hundreds of books and booklets.

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He resides in California with his dear wife. He has 3 children and 8 grandchildren.

*Wayne worked two jobs for 15 years to launch and build his various ventures; he was the founder, Chairman and CEO of four corporations at different stages of his business career in four fields: Radiopharmaceutical manufacture, publishing, real estate and software (SaaS).

His publishing company, EGW Publishing (1979-present), was featured in the book “The American Dream” in 1994. Please see below for the details of 12 magazines, 355 DIY books & booklets and 29 literary publications which include 24 poetry books, one poetry magazine and one book of interviews of 14 poets, published by EGW Publishing.