Tracey Ludvik

Poet

Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin US

Author's Bio

Recently, my poem, Auschwitz 2003..., won a first place prize from Lakeland University in souteast Wisconsin (11/24). Last year I printed a book of some of my published poetry, titled Butterfly, that highlights the emotional turmoil I experienced as a young women. Available for $14 at LitMedia, 3637 N. 20th Pl., Ste. 34, Sheboygan, WI 53083. Currently, I work to publish my full-lenth poetry collection about the harrowing and mystical nature of one woman's life journey.

Rock On Orpheus appears in the latest anthology, Play available at Outrider Press. My work is found in eight previous collections by Outrider Press as well a the collection From Everwhere a Little: A Migration Anthology by Water’s Edge Press and Contours: A Literary Landscape from the Driftless Writing Center. You can also see my work in Haiku JournalRosebud, Iconoclast, Prism (OSU), Mistry Guild, MUSH (UWMC), and Volga River Review (UIU).  Publications include Wisconsin Great Waters calendars for 2020- 2021 and the 2011 Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets calendar.

Authors whose workshops I've attended include Dorianne Laux, Li-Young Li, Craig Lesley, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Rodriguez, Kim Blaeser, Max Garland and Marianne Chan.

My education includes a B.A in English Lit and a M.A. focused on social change, social research and communication. I have taught as an adjunct professor in Oregon and Wisconsin.

 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Play (Outrider Press, 2022)
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Loon Magic & Other Night Sounds (Outrider Press, 2019)
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The Stars (Outrider Press, 2018)
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The Moon (Outrider Press, 2017)
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Home (Outrider Press, 2016)
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Embers & Flames (Outrider Press, 2015)
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The Mountain (Outrider Press, 2014)
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Music in the Air (Outrider Press, 2013)
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A Kiss Is Still A Kiss (Outrider Press, 2001)
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Earth Beneath, Sky Beyond (Outrider Press, 2000)
Journals: ,
Iconoclast
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Prizes won: 

Awarded 1st Place for "Auschwitz 2003..., from Lakeland University 

Awarded 2nd Place for poem "Goin' to Church". Provost's Literery Contest, Oregon State University

Awarded 3rd Place for poem "Into the Night" and honorable mention for "Dark Side of the Moon" from Millenium Contest-Mistry Guild Journal, Corvallis, OR

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Diane Ackerman, Laura Esquivel, MLK, Jr., Carl Jung, W.E.B. DuBois Poets: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Kim Blaeser, Li-Young Lee, Norma Farber, Louise Gluck, Pablo Neruda, June Jordon, Langston Hughs; Louis Rodriguez. Margaret Atwoood Non-fiction: Esther Harding: Woman's Mysteries
What I'm reading now: 
songs for discharming by denise sweet, year of reversible loss by norma farber, night flying woman by ignatia broker

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Disabled
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
Spanish
Born in: 
Ladysmith, WI
Wisconsin
Raised in: 
Sheboygan, WI
Wisconsin
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Last update: Jul 23, 2025