Taylor Beidler

Writer/facilitator/archivist

A byproduct of the American Midwest, Taylor Beidler is a London-based writer. They are a part of Barbican Young Poets 2025, 2026 and Spread The Word’s 2025 Poetics Lab. They were the inaugural recipient of the UEA New Forms Award through the National Centre for Writing. Their collaborative poetry with composer Aliayta Foon-Dancoes was a part of Plastic Language x Tenement Press in 2024. They are currently finishing their first novel. They have just begun a Creative-Critical PhD at the University of Essex under the supervision of Dr Holly Pester and Professor Steve Waters. They’ve taught and facilitated writing workshops with the University of East Anglia, University of Oxford Poetry Society, Shakespeare in Italy, Page of Wands, Wise Thoughts, and Norwich Theatre through the Royal Shakespeare Company's 37 Plays Climate Writing Project. Proudly Neuroqueer, Taylor was a creative consultant for NeuroTales, an online Neurodivergent/MAD Writer’s group, and spoke on Neuroqueerness and form at the margins. literary conference. In 2024, they were longlisted for the London Library Emerging Writers Programme and shortlisted for the Creative Futures Writers’ Awards in Creative Non-Fiction. 

Contact: taylorbeidler@gmail.com

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