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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · 4d

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.
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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 25

A 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

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

✍️ 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

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Tahoma Literary Review @tahomareview.bsky.social · Aug 28

Featuring 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).

A Haibun for White Center, Washington - Tahoma Literary Review

Smell 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 25

A 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

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

✍️ 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 13

Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

✍️ 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 13

Students of any kind can use the discount code STUDENT to get 25% off The Art of Brevity Workshop with Grant Faulkner! 🤩
#WritingCommunity #writingclasses

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

✍️ 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

In this workshop, Grant Faulkner, co-founder of 100 Word Story and the author of The Art of Brevity, will discuss how a different type of creativity emerges within a hard word limit, exploring the many different forms that short shorts can take. For writers of fiction or creative nonfiction.

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 9

✍️ 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 5

Congratulations to all and thanks to our guest judge Mary Szybist!

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 5

🥳 Our first runner-up is Crop Marks by Charles Hood. Finalists are Jed Meyers with Can't be Far, Steve McDonald with Not Eden, Kathryn Jordan with Old Words, Old Wood, Brian Culhane with Reading Lamp, and Tara Mesalik MacMahon with To the Gods of Perfect Sugar.

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 5

🏆 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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 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!

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 23

📚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...

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 23

📚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...

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 16

📚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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 15

Calling all #poets! Grab a seat for Dorianne Laux's virtual poetry workshop this weekend! ✍️

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 6

✨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

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 13

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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 6

✨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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jul 6

✨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

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Susan M. Gaines @susanmgaines.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hey Santa Cruz friends, this should be fun!
#litmag #SantaCruz

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jun 18

✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...

Summer Issue Launch Event: Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn — Catamaran Literary Reader

Join us in celebrating the launch of Catamaran’s 48th issue!

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jun 18

✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...

Summer Issue Launch Event: Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn — Catamaran Literary Reader

Join us in celebrating the launch of Catamaran’s 48th issue!

catamaranliteraryreader.com

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jun 11

We are honored to include your gorgeous essay! Any day now it should arrive... 📬👀

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · Jun 8

I'm so happy to have my lyric essay, Salt Cures, published in this gorgeous issue of Catamaran!

Impatiently awaiting my copies as they make their way ever so slowly through the postal system.

Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · May 26

☀️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

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Catamaran Literary Reader @catamaranlit.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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