Short Bio (49 Words)
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 poems published in The Angle and TransCare+’s Comfort Food Zine. They currently work at The Fiddlehead.
Medium Bio (102 Words)
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 their poetry received the Bliss Carmen Memorial Prize for Poetry in 2020. Their poetry has been published in The Angle and TransCare+’s Comfort Food Zine. For two years, they were an editor for Qwerty Magazine, first the Lead Poetry Editor and then a Co-Managing Editor and has since gone on to work at Goose Lane Editions and now works with The Fiddlehead and volunteers for the Word Feast literary festival.
Long Bio (203 Words)
Grace R. Taylor (They/Them) holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Leadership and a MA in Creative Writing from University of New Brunswick where they studied transgender food poetics. Grace’s academic work focuses largely on queer and trans experiences, mythology, and female sexuality. For two years, they were an editor for Qwerty Magazine, first the Lead Poetry Editor and then a Co-Managing Editor, and has since gone on to work at Goose Lane Editions and now works with The Fiddlehead, Acadiensis, and Studies in Canadian Literature. Their poetry received the Bliss Carmen Memorial Prize for Poetry in 2020 and has been published in The Angle and TransCare+’s Comfort Food Zine. In the past, Grace has presented their work at the annual conference for the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English in 2022, the Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference at Acadia University in 2020, and the Arts Matters conference at the University of New Brunswick in 2018. Additionally, in 2019 at the Unlock Your Mind Conference hosted by the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Mental Health Association Grace sat on a panel discussing the heightened effects of mental health and barriers to treatment for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.