Writing – Caroliena Cabada

jmww 2013-2022 anthology now available!

cover of JMWW 2013-2022 anthology published by Modern Times. The cover features green and blue color block squares.

I’m incredibly honored that my flash fiction piece “Star Count of Orion,” originally published in 2020, is among the pieces selected for the 2013-2022 jmww anthology! The anthology is available now: ebooks and paperback copies are available on Amazon. jmww was one of my first acceptances after a few years off from writing and submittingContinue reading “jmww 2013-2022 anthology now available!”

When writing begets writing

As I write this blog, I sort of understand the impulse to write so much lead-in. I’ve shared the big news: now where to do I from here?

I used to write so much

Photograph out a large window at an autumnal scene. A notebook with some handwriting is blurred in the foreground.

Every semester I try to do the assignments along with my students partly as a way for me to keep up my own writing practice (I write things I turn in for my classes sometimes), and partly to experience for myself what my students experience when I walk them through a multi-stage writing prompt, or set draft deadlines at certain intervals.

New Story: “One Fall” in Five on the Fifth

Screenshot of the cover page of Five on the Fifth, Vol. 8, Issue 1

I’m thrilled to share that my short story, “One Fall,” is now published in Five on the Fifth!

Repeated Reread: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

I reread Fangirl when I just couldn’t look at a screen anymore. Whenever I needed it, I immersed myself in Cath’s highs and lows as a way to distract from my own creative angst.

Footprints: an anthology of new ecopoetry – Preorder available!

I’m thrilled to share that what is probably my most puzzling (to me) poem is going to be part of Footprints: an anthology of new ecopoetry by Broken Sleep Books! The proofs look gorgeous, and this poetry is vital. I’m honored that my poem “Geo Logic” is among such great company. Preorder here: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/footprints-an-anthology-of-new-ecopoetry

Sept/Oct 2021 issue of Poets & Writers: My MFA

I talk about Iowa State’s Creative Writing and Environment MFA in the September/October 2021 issue of Poets & Writers!

Best Small Fictions 2021: Preorder available!

Best Small Fictions 2021 is available for preorder!

“I imagine turning to stare into the face” part of March 2021 Poetry We Admire from Palette Poetry

My poem, “I imagine turning to stare into the face,” originally published in Kissing Dynamite, was part of the March 2021 Poetry We Admire: Change selections.

#weekendcoffeeshare: Oversharing, underperforming

If we were having coffee, I’d probably oscillate between nervous laughter and tight-lipped silence. Right now, I’m a writer-in-residence at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, a field research station operated by the Iowa Regents Universities. Like many things, this was something I was chosen for last year, but was delayed due to COVID. This year, I wasContinue reading “#weekendcoffeeshare: Oversharing, underperforming”