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
Contrary Invocations - Screenwriter
"Chant With Me"
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
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August 3, 2018: BORDERLESS at Studio 4
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November 15, 2018: LHUCA Literary Series with Emma Rae Hightower, Catherine Ragsdale, and Vievee Francis
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August 2, 2019: Art & Poetry & Fundraising at FFAT at Studio C
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October 10, 2019: Geography of the Body in West Texas Sowell Collection Roundtable
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March 5, 2020: AWP Offsite, Flatland Flash at Cherrity Bar
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March 21, 2021: Virtual Workshop Reading
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July 9th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
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October 8th, 2022: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
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May 27th, 2023: Workshop - Write Something Saturday
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July 20th, 2023: Stained Anthology Launch Party
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August 12, 2026: Baltimore 48 Hour Film Festival Screening, "Chant With Me"
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August 14, 2026: New Works Film Screening, "Chant With Me"
Elsewhere
catherineragsdalewriting@gmail.com
