Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Spend each morning of the Catamaran Writing Retreat with award-winning nature and science writer, Charles Hood. Hood will lead Writing the Living World, where you'll learn how careful observation deepens every genre, turning everyday moments into compelling, memorable writing. 111
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Spend each morning of the Catamaran Writing Retreat with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley and a small group of no more than 12 writers. Each participant has the opportunity to submit up to 20 pages of fiction for review by the workshop group. Sign up now! ✍️ 111
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The Catamaran Writing Retreat includes two special afternoon lectures led by @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social, available to all attendees. ⭐️ The Art of Brevity ⭐️ Writing with Love The retreat is less than a month away and filling up. Sign up here: catamaranliteraryreader.com/writing-conf... 010
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Spend each morning of the Catamaran Writing Retreat with award-winning nature and science writer, Charles Hood. Hood will lead Writing the Living World, where you'll learn how careful observation deepens every genre, turning everyday moments into compelling, memorable writing. 111
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Spend each morning of the Catamaran Writing Retreat with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jane Smiley and a small group of no more than 12 writers. Each participant has the opportunity to submit up to 20 pages of fiction for review by the workshop group. Sign up now! ✍️ 111
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🌿 The Summer Issue of Catamaran has arrived! 🌿 ✨ Order your copy and support independent literature and art catamaranliteraryreader.com/summer-2026 #writing #writingcommunity #lierarymagazine #poetry #fiction 191
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Join us for the Catamaran Writing Retreat! Writing faculty include: ⭐️ Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley ⭐️Acclaimed memoir and nature writer Charles Hood ⭐️Pulitzer Prize Finalist Dorianne Laux and acclaimed poet Joseph Millar catamaranliteraryreader.com/writing-conf... 120
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Join us for our Summer Issue Launch Party on Thursday, July 23rd and our Writing Retreat at the end of summer! Details in the newsletter: mailchi.mp/catamaranlit...mailchi.mpCatamaran Summer Issue and RetreatThe Summer Issue of Catamaran invites readers on a journey of discovery, where writers and artists explore the natural world, memory, identity, and the hidden connections that shape our lives. Featuri... 010
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🌿 The Summer Issue of Catamaran has arrived! 🌿 ✨ Order your copy and support independent literature and art catamaranliteraryreader.com/summer-2026 #writing #writingcommunity #lierarymagazine #poetry #fiction 191
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🌸 Join us for our summer launch event and summer writing retreat! Details on all our upcoming events and opportunities in our newsletter: mailchi.mp/catamaranlit... 011
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderSplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Enjoy ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam 💕Contributor @sean-carlson.bsky.social's essay "Cut-ups" is in Catamaran Literary Reader! Get your copy now: buff.ly/lnqrroW 032
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Join us on Thursday! 🤩 #poetry, #poetrycommunity, #poetrylovers, #poets #writingcommunity, #literaryevents 050
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Join us Thursday at 5:30-6:30PM Pacific for a conversation and reading celebrating the 2025 winner of our Poetry Prize for West Coast poets, Aaron Tyler Hand. Aaron will be joined by poet Kathy Fagan for a discussion and poetry reading from Floodchaser. Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/floodchase... 011
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 26/03/2026🗓️ Book signings at booth #923 with Aaron Tyler Hand : ---Saturday at 10:30AM ---Sunday at 2:00PM 🗓️ Saturday, April 18th at 7PM, Poetry Reading to Celebrate Aaron Tyler Hand 📍The Art of Elysium, 3278 Wilshire Blvd., PH, Los Angeles The Art of Elysium #Bookfest #LATimesFestivalofBooks #poetry 021
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Catamaran will be at the LA Times Festival of Books April 18-19! Come visit us at Booth #923 in the Black Zone. Peruse old and new issues of Catamaran and get a signed copy of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize winner, Floodchaser by Aaron Tyler Hand. 📚 121
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderPerugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026On April 18, Lynne Thompson will be taking part in Catamaran Literary Reader’s celebration of the Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets, featuring the 2025 winning poet Aaron Tyler Hand and poets Alison Turner, Brendan Constantine, and Michelle Bitting. @catamaranlit.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderSean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Cover art is out and pre-orders are open for the new fashion-themed issue of Catamaran Literary Reader, in which I have a short essay that begins with the time I took a bet that I couldn't wear 20 t-shirts simultaneously! Out in print next week. catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-fashion-...catamaranliteraryreader.comThe Fashion Issue 2026 — Catamaran Literary Reader 072
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Catamaran will be at the LA Times Festival of Books April 18-19! Come visit us at Booth #923 in the Black Zone. Peruse old and new issues of Catamaran and get a signed copy of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize winner, Floodchaser by Aaron Tyler Hand. 📚 121
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We hope you will join us for the special Fashion Issue launch event on Tuesday, March 24th at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History! --5:30-6:00 - Experience the museum --6:00-6:30 - Reception in the garden --6:30-7:30 - Readings in the atrium #literaryevents 000
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Good news: ✨Catamaran's special Fashion Issue, and launch event! ✨Floodchaser, by Aaron Taylor Hand, winner of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize, is available for preorder! ✨We will be at the LA Festival of Books in April! Details. mailchi.mp/catamaranlit... #writingcommunity #literarycommunitymailchi.mpCatamaran special Fashion Issue and Launch EventCatamaran's special Fashion Issue explores from a literary perspective the meaning of things we wear. As a whole this issue teaches us how personal fashion is, how it really is a creative expression o... 041
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Good news: ✨Catamaran's special Fashion Issue, and launch event! ✨Floodchaser, by Aaron Taylor Hand, winner of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize, is available for preorder! ✨We will be at the LA Festival of Books in April! Details. mailchi.mp/catamaranlit... #writingcommunity #literarycommunitymailchi.mpCatamaran special Fashion Issue and Launch EventCatamaran's special Fashion Issue explores from a literary perspective the meaning of things we wear. As a whole this issue teaches us how personal fashion is, how it really is a creative expression o... 041
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Aaron Tyler Hand's poetry collection Floodchaser is now available for pre-order! Aaron was the winner of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets. The book was selected by the judge, National Book Award-winning poet Mary Szybist. 🌊 Books ship on April 3rd. Pre-order link below! 111
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Aaron Tyler Hand's poetry collection Floodchaser is now available for pre-order! Aaron was the winner of the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets. The book was selected by the judge, National Book Award-winning poet Mary Szybist. 🌊 Books ship on April 3rd. Pre-order link below! 111
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Looking for a last minute gift? Give the gift of Catamaran! Your gift supports a small nonprofit press and brings #literature and #art to a loved one. 🎁 Subscriptions: catamaranliteraryreader.com/subscribe-do... 020
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Tis the season of gratitude & giving! There's never been a better time to support literature and art. Consider donating to our nonprofit and bring the literary arts to your home and community. In addition, consider giving the gift of a Catamaran subscription to your loved ones this holiday season! 🎁 120
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 21/11/2025We still have room for a few more pieces of #fiction, #nonfiction, and #poetry in our special fashion themed issue! Send something our way! 👀 Details to submit here: catamaranliteraryreader.submittable.com/submit 011
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 21/11/2025We still have room for a few more pieces of #fiction, #nonfiction, and #poetry in our special fashion themed issue! Send something our way! 👀 Details to submit here: catamaranliteraryreader.submittable.com/submit 011
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderMFA Program for Writers @warrenwilsonmfa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Current Wally @jasonmazzotta.bsky.social's story "A Kiss" has been published in the Fall 2025 issue of @catamaranlit.bsky.social. catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025 032
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 03/11/2025We had such a lovely evening at our fall issue launch event! Thank you to Radius Gallery for hosting us, to friends and family who attended, and to our wonderful readers who came from near and far. We are grateful to witness such talent and be part of such a supportive literary community! 010
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Join us tomorrow for what will surely be a wonderful evening hearing readings from exceptional writers! 000
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Best American Essays 2025 has recognized two Catamaran #essays in their list of Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2024! Sage Marshall, "Powder Daze" Spring 2024 Issue Todd Sformo, "Personality of Probability" Fall 2024 Issue Links below... 120
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 14/10/2025✨Join us on Wednesday, Oct 29th for readings by contributors to celebrate our 49th edition, the fall 2025 issue of Catamaran!✨ 🥂We will begin with a reception at 6pm, followed by readings at 6:30 pm at the Radius Art Gallery in downtown Santa Cruz. #literaryevents #writingcommunity 031
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderLisa Allen Ortiz @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025@catamaranlit.bsky.social So amazed to have this story recognized. Thank you marvelous Catamaran Literary Reader! 173
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 18/10/2025🏆Congratulations to these talented writers! 👏 Charlie Espinosa - Beneath our Cleats, cnf James Harms - Buffalo, fiction Kathryn Jordan - Lamentation, poetry Don Lago - The Gravity of Life on Earth, cnf Nancy Lord - Moose Season, cnf @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social - The Overburden, fiction 020
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderJason Mazzotta @jasonmazzotta.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Check out the new @catamaranlit.bsky.social with my Halloween-themed story, "A Kiss." 🎃 Many thanks to @loubeard.bsky.social & @elizabethmck.bsky.social catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025catamaranliteraryreader.comCatamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly literary and visual arts magazine. 153
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 14/10/2025✨Join us on Wednesday, Oct 29th for readings by contributors to celebrate our 49th edition, the fall 2025 issue of Catamaran!✨ 🥂We will begin with a reception at 6pm, followed by readings at 6:30 pm at the Radius Art Gallery in downtown Santa Cruz. #literaryevents #writingcommunity 031
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 11/10/2025The fall issue includes an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author @percivaleverett.bsky.social! Read it here and grab a copy today: catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025 #Literature #literaryfiction #creativenonfiction #WritingCommunity 0110
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Catamaran invites you to meander through the world of art and literature with our new Fall 2025 edition. With works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and an interview with Percival Everett, this issue will be the perfect reintroduction to the tranquility of fall. catamaranliteraryreader.com/fall-2025 084
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 25/08/2025A few spots left! Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩 #WritingCommunity #writingclasses 041
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderTahoma Literary Review @tahomareview.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Featuring poet Vincent Antonio Rendoni in our summer issue tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/a... Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).tahomaliteraryreview.comA Haibun for White Center, Washington - Tahoma Literary ReviewSmell that? Refried beans. Sorry to say, the secret ingredient is lard. Better watch your step. Human or animal, I can’t discern. Ignore the boards on 074
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 25/08/2025A few spots left! Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩 #WritingCommunity #writingclasses 041
Reposted by Catamaran Literary ReaderCatamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩 #WritingCommunity #writingclasses 032
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩 #WritingCommunity #writingclasses 032
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 09/08/2025✍️ Grab a spot in The Art of Brevity Workshop with @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social! 🗓️ August 30th on Zoom at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific Register: catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for... #fiction #flashfiction #creativenonfiction #writingcommunity #writingclasses #theartofbrevity 131
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 05/08/2025🏆 We are thrilled to announce the winner for the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize Floodchaser by Aaron Tyler Hand from Portland, Oregon! 🏆 catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-po... #poetrycommunity #poetrycontests #poetry #poets 130
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 04/08/2025📣 Starting this Saturday! Grab a spot! National Book Award winning author Charles Johnson will be joining our 3 session virtual reading workshop facilitated by Richard King! 020
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025📚We are excited to announce National Book Award winning author Charles Johnson will be joining our virtual reading workshop facilitated by Richard King! 📚 Two sessions to read & discuss the novel Middle Passage, followed by a session with Charles Johnson. catamaranliteraryreader.com/literature-o... 030
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 16/07/2025📚Checkout our Virtual Summer Writing Workshops!📚 @gfaulknerwriter.bsky.social: The Art of Brevity 🗓️ 8/30 at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific Richard King: Literarture of the Sea 🗓️ 8/9, 8/16, 8/23 at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific 🔗 Link to register: catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for... #writing 021
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Calling all #poets! Grab a seat for Dorianne Laux's virtual poetry workshop this weekend! ✍️ 000
Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Join us on Thursday, July 24th at the Mechanic's Institute in San Francisco for readings from our Summer Issue! Reception at 6PM, readings 6:30-7:30 PM, followed by a tour of Mechanics' Institute for interested guests. www.milibrary.org/events/20597 #literaryevents #authortalks #sanfranciscoevents 042