Gillian Nevers started writing poetry in 2002 after retiring from a career working with victims of crime.  An active member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, she co-edited the 2021 Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar. Gillian’s poems have appeared in several print and online literary magazines and anthologies and her illustrated chapbook, The True Story, (Fullers Windy Acres Farm Press) won second place in the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets’ 2019 chapbook contest. She also won second place in the 2008 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters statewide poetry contest and received an Honorable Mention in the Academy’s 2019 contest. In addition to writing poetry, Gillian has taught poetry to adults in the Road Scholar program and to children in public schools and through the Greater Madison Writing Project. She has two grown sons and lives in Madison with her husband, Dan, and their most recent rescue dog, Luckydog.