Marilyn L. Taylor

Marilyn L. Taylor is an American poet and academic.

Life
Taylor is the author of eight collections of poetry. Marilyn L. Taylor’s poems have been published in numbers of anthologies and journals, that have included The American Scholar, Smartish Pace, The Formalist, Poetry, and Poetry’s 90th Anniversary Anthology. She was the former Adjunct Assistant Professo former Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she first taught for the Department of English and later for the Honors College. Currently, she is a contributing editor for The Writer Magazine.

Recognition
Subject to Change (David Robert, 2004), her second full-length collection, was nominated for the Poets’ Prize in 2005.

From 2004 to 2005, she served as the city of Milwaukee’s Poet Laureate. She was appointed Poet Laureate of the state of Wisconsin for 2009 and 2010 by Governor Jim Doyle.

Awards and Prizes

 * Winner, Eratosphere Sonnet Bake-off Competition, 2010
 * Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, October, 2008
 * Finalist, Open Poetry Sonnet Competition (U.K.), February, 2008
 * International Publication Prize, The Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, 2007
 * Honorable Mentions (two), Dancing Galliard Sonnet Contest, 2007
 * Finalist, Erskine J. Poetry Prize, 2006
 * Finalist, Frost Foundation Poetry Awards, 2005
 * Nomination, THE POETS PRIZE, 2005
 * Two Pushcart Prize nominations, 2005
 * Honorable Mention, Posner Poetry Book Award. Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2005
 * Second Place, Emily Dickinson Award, Universities West Press, 2004
 * POET LAUREATE appointment, CITY OF MILWAUKEE, 2004 - 2005
 * First Prize, The Ledge 2000 Poetry Awards Competition
 * First Prize, Dogwood Poetry Competition, 2003
 * First Prize, GSU Review Poetry Contest, 2001
 * First Prize, Anamnesis Press Poetry 2000 Chapbook Competition
 * First Place Award, Passager Poetry Contest, 1999

Publications

 * Troika I: The Accident of Light. Thorntree Press, 1991.
 * Shadows Like These. Wm. Caxton Ltd, 1994.
 * Marilyn L. Taylor: Greatest Hits, 1986-2000. Puddinghouse Press, 2001.
 * Exit Only. Anamnesis Press, 2001.
 * Subject to Change. David Robert Books, 2004.
 * The Seven Very Liberal Arts. Aralia Press, 2006.
 * Wisconsin Poets Laureate: Poems by Marilyn L. Taylor, Denise Sweet, Ellen Kort. Marsh River Editions, 2009.
 * Going Wrong. Parallel Press,2009.