Catherine Ragsdale
About
Catherine is from Austin and lives in Baltimore. She graduated from Texas Tech University with bachelors degrees in Spanish and Marketing and a master's in English. She was a founding member of the 806 Collective and previously an associate editor of Iron Horse Literary Review. Now, Catherine sits in the park to write while her dog hunts rats.
She is perpetually looking for her keys, please reach out if you know where they might be.
Writing
Stained: An Anthology of Writing About Menstruation
"People keep telling me about New Mexico in Lubbock"
Peach Mag
"Never Been Kissed // Always Been Kissed"
CutBank Literary Journal - 95
"It's almost tomato season and you know what that means"
Perhappened - Homecoming Issue
"Falconry"
House Mountain Review - Broadside Contest Winner
Soliloquies 23.2
Porter House Review Editor's Prize - Finalist
catheXis northwest press
TYPO Mag
The Nasiona
"The Tree is a Body"
Stephan Ross Huffman Poetry Prize
Texas Tech Pride Poetry Slam
First Place (2017)
Readings & Events
August 3, 2018: BORDERLESS at Studio 4
November 15, 2018: LHUCA Literary Series with Emma Rae Hightower, Catherine Ragsdale, and Vievee Francis
August 2, 2019: Art & Poetry & Fundraising at FFAT at Studio C
October 10, 2019: Geography of the Body in West Texas Sowell Collection Roundtable
March 5, 2020: AWP Offsite, Flatland Flash at Cherrity Bar
March 21, 2021: Virtual Workshop Reading
July 9th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
October 8th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
May 27th, 2023: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
July 20th, 2023: Stained Anthology Launch Party
Elsewhere
Email: catherineragsdalewriting@gmail.com
TikTok: @ohsweetthemoon