Blanche Taylor Dickinson (April 15, 1896 – January 7, 1972) was an American writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance arts movement.

[5][6] Taylor taught school as a young woman, and began a writing career,[7] with works published in national periodicals such as The Crisis and Opportunity, and major Black newspapers including The Chicago Defender and Pittsburgh Courier.

[8][9] Charles S. Johnson also selected work by Taylor for his edited collection, Ebony and Topaz (1927).

[10] "I do write a salable story once in a while," she said in an interview with Opportunity magazine at the time, "and an acceptable poem a little oftener.

"[3] Her journalism included newspaper columns "Smoky City's Streets"[11] and "Valley Echoes" for the Pittsburgh Courier,[12] and an interview about race and ability with Amelia Earhart for the Baltimore Afro-American in 1929.