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Catamaran Literary Reader
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Catamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly #literary #magazine #publishing #poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction, and #art. West Coast themes, writers from everywhere!
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We 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!
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Best 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...
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🏆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
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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✨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
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Catamaran 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
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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✍️ 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
August 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🏆 We are thrilled to announce the winner for the 2025 Catamaran Poetry Prize Floodchaser by Aaron Tyler Hand from Portland, Oregon! 🏆
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#poetrycommunity #poetrycontests #poetry #poets
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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📚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.

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July 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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📚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
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Join 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
July 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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✨Check out our Virtual Summer Poetry Workshops!✨
Dorianne Laux
🗓️ Saturday, 7/19 at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific
Joseph Millar
🗓️ Saturday, 8/2 at 10:30AM - 1:30PM Pacific

🔗 Link to register catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for...

#poetrycommunity #poetryworkshop #LiteraryEvent #poetryclass #poetry
July 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Whether on a beach somewhere or in your own back yard, we hope you are enjoying Catamaran’s Summer 2025 Issue! ☀️🏝️

catamaranliteraryreader.com/summer-2025

#summerreading #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #art #writingcommunity
June 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Calling all West Coast #poets! The Catamaran Poetry Prize for a book length collection of poetry(60-100 pages) is open until June 15th! This year's judge is Mary Szybist. 🏆 Details here:
catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-po...

#poetrycommunity #poetry
June 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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We enjoyed talking with all the readers and writers at the 2025 Bay Area Book Festival!

#BayAreaBookFest
June 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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☀️Announcing Catamaran's Summer, 2025, Issue 48!☀️
We invite you to step into stories taking you from ocean shores to the mountains of Arizona and Italy. With works of #poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction, and more, this issue takes you on a summer reading adventure!
catamaranliteraryreader.com/summer-2025
May 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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👋 Come visit us at table #61 at the Bay Area Book Festival on Sunday, June 1st! We will be near the poetry stage on Kittredge St. 📚
www.baybookfest.org/bookworm-blo...
#bayareabookfest
May 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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📕 The Catamaran Poetry Prize for a book length collection of poetry is open until June 15th!

🏆 $1,000 and publication in book form will be awarded to the #poetry collection selected by judge Mary Szybist
Open to West Coast poets only.

catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-po...
#poetrycommunity
May 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Thanks to our readers & contributors who attended our Garden Issue Launch at Hakone Gardens. It was a celebration of beauty & collaboration, abundance & delicacy. The readings in a Zen garden enveloped us like an arbor enveloped by wisteria. The combination of nature & words captivated & uplifted!
May 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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We hope you can join us Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, for a special reading by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens 🌺
21000 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA.
www.eventbrite.com/e/catamaran-...

#poetry #nonfiction #fiction #literaryevents
May 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, Catamaran will host readings by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens 🌸 21000 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA.
www.eventbrite.com/e/catamaran-...

#poetry #nonfiction #fiction #literaryevents
April 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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As spring blooms all around us, we hope you are also enjoying verdant worlds in the form of #poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction, and #art found in our special garden issue! 🌱🌺🌿
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Garden issue placed in a garden of greenery and California poppies.
April 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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That’s a wrap #AWP25!!! We had so much fun and look forward to our continued connection on the page! 📚 ✍️ 📚
March 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Day 1 of AWP was wonderful! We saw old and new friends of Catamaran and enjoyed a visit by Iris Jamahl Dunkle signing her new book!

If you’re at #AWP, come by booth 926 and say hi! 👋

More book signings on Friday 3/28

- 📗 2PM: Jeanne Wagner

- 📙 3PM: Brad Crenshaw

- 📚 4PM: Charles Hood

#AWP2025
March 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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@irisdunkle.bsky.social is signing her book at 1pm at booth 926. Come by if you are at #AWP!
March 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Visit us at booth 926 at the AWP Conference & Bookfair this coming week in LA!
✍️ Book signings with Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Jeanne Wagner, Brad Crenshaw, & Charles Hood!
🌺 Special Offer: Purchase a subscription and get the brand new Garden Issue in addition to the 4 print editions.
#AWP #AWP2025 #AWP25
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM