Dylan Weir is the author of Public House (forthcoming from Trio House Press in October, 2026). A graduate of the MFA program at University of Wisconsin–Madison, he's a scholarship recipient from the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference and has poems in: Best New Poets, Narrative, New England Review, Ninth Letter, North American Review, Passages North, Salt Hill, Sycamore Review, and others. He's taught at University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned the Jerome Stern Award for distinguished teaching, in the Oakhill Prison Humanities Project, at Columbia College, and now works as a copywriter. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two small kids.
Publications
bAMBI — BEST NEW POETS 2024
In the Land of Long Distances — Narrative Magazine
Disease Theory — New England Review
Second Harvest — Rhino Poetry Journal
The Committee Speaks of Forgiveness — Tupelo Quarterly
News
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st. Lawrence book award finalist
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AHP poetry Prize finalist
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Dylan weir judges Jiménez-Porter Prize
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Manuscript of Extraordinary Merit
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Charles B. Wheeler Finalist
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A poulin jr. prize finalist