Catamaran

Catamaran Literary Reader is a quarterly magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and fine art. View our website at www.catamaranliteraryreader.com

Catamaran is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with public charity status. Each quarterly issue features at least ten poets, five fiction authors, and five creative nonfiction authors along with work from at least 10 different visual artists and photographers. Catamaran is primarily a print publication. We also hold public events to celebrate the release of each issue and to connect the public with artists and writers featured in our pages.

07/13/2025

🗓️Join us on Thursday, July 24th at the Mechanic's Institute in San Francisco to celebrate our Summer issue!

✨Reception at 6PM, readings 6:30-7:30 PM, followed by a tour of Mechanics' Institute for interested guests.

🎤Featured writers include Les Bohem, Maureen Bhutong Boyd, Leslie Hodge, Kristen Keegan, Anya Kirshbaum, Erin Rendoni, Patsy Creedy, and Patrice Vecchione who will read from their works.
🎟️ www.milibrary.org/events/20597

07/06/2025

✨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 https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/register-for-courses-1

07/03/2025

Thank you to everyone for making our summer launch at the UCSC Haybarn such a wonderful event! Spectacular readings by John Briscoe, William Ward Butler, Susan Gaines, James Harms, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, Elizabeth McKenzie, David Rompf, and Patrice Vecchione. And thank you to Bookshop Santa Cruz, Hallcrest Vineyards, and UCSC for sponsorship. Enjoy our highlight reel!

06/21/2025

✨Join us Tuesday, June 24th, 5:30-7:30pm at the Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!✨

🎤Readings by John Briscoe, William Ward Butler, Susan Gaines, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, Elizabeth McKenzie, David Rompf, and Patrice Vecchione

Details: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/2025/6/24/summer-issue-launch-event-cowell-ranch-historic-hay-barn

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

06/02/2025

We enjoyed talking with all the readers and writers at the 2025 Bay Area Book Festival!

05/26/2025

☀️ Announcing the Summer, 2025, Issue 48 of Catamaran! ☀️
Summer is right around the corner, and Catamaran invites you to step into the world of art and literature with our latest edition. This issue features stories that will take you from ocean shores to the mountains of Arizona and Italy. With works of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, as well as an interview, this issue will take you on a summer reading adventure!
🔗 https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/summer-2025

05/22/2025

📕 The Catamaran Poetry Prize 📘 for a book length collection of poetry is open until June 15th! Send us your unpublished poetry manuscripts across a range of styles, themes, and forms.

🏆 A prize of $1,000 and publication in book form will be awarded to the poetry collection selected by guest judge Mary Szybist, who will select the winner, as well as four finalists, and three semifinalists.

The prize is only open to West Coast poets living in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Details: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/catamaran-poetry-prize-2025

05/14/2025

Thank you to our readers and contributors who attended our Garden Issue Launch event at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga. It was a celebration of beauty and collaboration, abundance and delicacy, and the readings in a Zen garden enveloped us like an arbor is enveloped by wisteria. The combination of nature and words was captivating and uplifting!

04/22/2025

Wednesday, May 7th, 5:30-7:30, Catamaran will host readings by contributors to our Garden Issue at the 🌸 Hakone Gardens 🌸

🌺 Readings by: Caitlin Callaghan, Christie Cochrell, Margaret Chula, Hilary King, Amethyst Loscocco, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Jiang Pu_writer, Rebekah Wolman, and Joann Zhang.

5:30-6:00 - Stroll in the Gardens 🌿
6:00-6:30 - Reception in the Madrone Mound
6:30-7:30 - Readings in the Lower House

21000 Big Basin Way in Saratoga, CA.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/catamaran-garden-issue-launch-event-tickets-1332058204949?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/17/2025

As spring blooms all around us, we hope you are also enjoying verdant worlds in the form of , , , and found in our special garden issue! 🌱🌺🌿
https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/the-garden-issue-2025

04/05/2025

We enjoyed seeing everyone at our First Friday Lit Chat with author Syed Haider, who travelled all the way from Chicago! We celebrated his new short story collection The Dying Sun and had a very interesting literary discussion with several local Santa Cruz authors attending too!

03/30/2025

That’s a wrap !!! We had so much fun and look forward to our continued connection on the page! 📚 ✍️ 📚

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Catamaran is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with public charity status. Each quarterly issue features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction authors along with work from different visual artists and photographers. Catamaran is a print publication with online features and podcasts. We also host many public events not only to celebrate the release of each issue but also to connect the public with poets and writers featured in our pages.