Grace R. Taylor
About Me
They/Them
Grace R. Taylor (They/Them) is a queer, disabled writer obsessed with the murderous women of Greek Mythology. They have a MA in English from the University of New Brunswick and have published in CV2, Qwerty, and Funicular Magazine. They have been both a Co-Managing Editor and Poetry Editor for Qwerty and currently work at The Fiddlehead.
WRITING
Poem - "Time Moves Backwards for Herakles in the Dollhouse," CV2 Vol. 49 No. 1, Summer 2026
Poem - "Blackberry," Qwerty Issue 50: Cornerstone, Summer 2025
Poem - "'Gender is Another Word for Horror Story,'" Funicular Magazine Issue 14, 2025
Alberta Magazine Association Poetry Prize - Finalist
Poems - "Rooted I" and "Whoever Thought Peppers Needed to be Gendered Is Cis," TransCare+’s Comfort Food Zine, 2022.
Poem - "Metamorphosis," The Angle, Fall 2021
EDITING
Co-Managing Editor - Qwerty Issue 45: Fairytales & Folklore, Summer 2022
Co-Managing Editor - Qwerty Issue 44, Winter 2021
Lead Poetry Editor - Qwerty Issue 43: Food X Identity, Summer 2021
Lead Poetry Editor - Qwerty Issue 42, Winter 2020
AWARDS
Writer' Federation of New Brunswick Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Unpublished Poetry Manuscript, First Prize - Wolf Peach
Writer' Federation of New Brunswick Dawn Watson Memorial Prize for Single Poem, Second Prize - "Time Moves Backwards for Herakles in the Dollhouse," 2024
CONFERENCES
May 2022 - The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English Congress
February 2020 - Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference - Acadia University
March 2019 - Unlock Your Mind - University of New Brunswick
April 2018 - Arts Matters - University of New Brunswick
APPERANCES
UNB Reading Series, UNB Fredericton, January 25, 2023.