CAITLIN KOTULA
author. editor. poetess.
INTRODUCTION
A writer, poetess, and hopeless ruminator living in Perth/Boorloo, Australia. Her poetry and short fiction are published locally and internationally, with her debut poetry collection, WORM FOOD AND BONE SAND, released in 2022.
She was awarded an All Write Hot Desk Fellowship by Centre For Stories to assemble the bones of her next project, and served as writer-in-residence in the Nordic countryside at Arteles Creative Center, Finland.
Together, these opportunities have deepened her fascination with the poetics of place and space, feminine rage, and art as vociferation.
When not penning poems or annotating her books, Caitlin writes existential letters for her Substack newsletter RUMINATIONS, a passion project borne of far too much brooding and home to her monthly interview series
ALTARS & ARTISTS.
Rumour has it, one might also find her editing poetry, navigating life and death as an ICU nurse, or studying for a Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
PORTFOLIO
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Worm Food and Bone Sand (2022)
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Muscae Volitantes, The Brilliant (2024)
Our Desperate Eyes & What’s the Beyond Like?, in The Archive (2024)
Transformations, in Poetry d’Amour Anthology (2023)
The Grass Trees, in Into The WetlandsAnthology (2023)
Taxidermist & Homo, Millenial, in Do Not Tap On The Glass (2023)
Popping Candy Glass, in Brushstrokes III (2022)
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To the Un-Trained Eye, in Accidental Altars (2024)
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OUTspoken, Perth Poetry Festival (2024)
Featured Poet at The Moon, Perth Poetry Club (2023)
Cafe Poesy: Poets in a Cafe, Armadale Writers’ Festival (2023)
Nestful of Villains & A List of So-Called Quacks: Part Deux, Duck & Dash Poetry (2023)
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Shortlisted for The Brilliant (2024)
Fall Into Focus Residency, Arteles Creative Center (2024)
Professional Development Grant, Curtin University (2024)
All Write Hot Desk Fellowship, Centre For Stories (2024)
Longlisted for Fictional Flashbacks!LTRL Flash Fiction Competition (2024)
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