Catherine Weiss (she/they) is a poet and artist from Maine, living in Western Massachusetts.
Catherine’s poetry has been selected for publication in BOMB, DIAGRAM, Tinderbox, Up the Staircase, Fugue, Birdcoat, Bodega, Counterclock, petrichor, HAD, Taco Bell Quarterly, and elsewhere.
They are the author of three full-length collections of poetry, the most recent being Big Money Porno Mommy from Game Over Books in 2025, as well as chapbook-length poem Fervor, published by Ginger Bug Press in 2021.
They have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, the Best New Poets anthology, and Best of the Net anthology. Catherine’s work has been selected as finalist for the Button Poetry Chapbook Contest, the Jack McCarthy Book Award, the Maine Literary Award for Poetry, and the BOMB Magazine poetry contest.
Catherine was the 2017 Grand Slam Champion of Northampton Poetry and has competed at the National Poetry Slam, the Individual World Poetry Slam, and the Women of the World Poetry Slam.
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