Tracey Ludvik

Amazing News! After decades of tedious work, my full-lenth poetry collection is getting published in the Fall of  2026! Phases of the Wayward Moon is about the harrowing and mystical nature of this woman's life journey. I'm thrilled to announce the publisher has accepted illustrations for the book created by my nephew, Brady Ludvik.

My poem, Auschwitz 2003..., won a first place prize from Lakeland University, (11/24). A collection of some of my published poetry, titled Butterfly, highlights the emotional and hormonal turmoil I experienced as a young women. Available for $14 at LitMedia, 3637 N. 20th Pl., Ste. 34, Sheboygan, WI 53083. 

Rock On Orpheus appears in the last anthology, Play, from Outrider Press. My work is found in eight previous collections by Outrider Press as well. You can find my work in From Everwhere a Little: A Migration Anthology by Water’s Edge Press as well as Contours: A Literary Landscape from the Driftless Writing Center. You can also see my work in Haiku Journal, Rosebud, 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 attended include Kim Blaeser, Dorianne Laux, Li-Young Li, Craig Lesley, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Rodriguez, 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.