Judith Skillman

About Judith Skillman

About the Author

Judith Skillman was born in Syracuse, New York, of Canadian parents, and holds dual citizenship. She is an a writer and visual artist, the mother of three accomplished children, and the “Grammy” of twin girls plus "twin cousin" boys. She holds a Masters in English Literature from the University of Maryland, and has taught at University of Phoenix, Hugo House, City University, and Yellow Wood Academy.

Ms. Skillman is the recipient of an Eric Mathieu King Fund Award from the Academy of American Poets for her book Storm (Blue Begonia Press), a King County Arts Commission (KCAC) Publication Prize, Public Arts Grant, and Washington State Arts Commission Writer’s Fellowship. Two of her books were finalists for the Washington State Book Award (Red Town and Prisoner of the Swifts).

Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Poetry, Threepenny Review, and Zyzzyva. The author of over twenty collections of poems and two chapbooks, she has been a Writer in Residence at the Centrum Foundation in Port Townsend, Washington, and The Hedgebrook Foundation. At the Center for French Translation in Seneffe, Belgium, Judith translated Belgian-French poet Anne-Marie Derèse.

A Jack Straw Writer in 2008 and 2013, Skillman’s work has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes, the UK Kit Award, Best of the Web, and is included in Best Indie Verse of New England. Visit www.judithskillman.com