Writing
Poetry Chapbook and Award Nominations
- Zipless (fourth printing), The /tƐmz/ Review’s 845 Press, Nov 2021
Creative Nonfiction Publications
- “Twenty-Minute Workout: Crushing a Crush,” The Fiddlehead, No. 297, Autumn 2023
- “Late Bloomer,” PRISM international, Issue 61.3 (The IBPOC Issue), Spring 2023
- “Liminal,” The Humber Literary Review, Volume 10 Issue 2, Fall + Winter 2022/23
Poetry Publications
- “I Will Never Know,” League of Canadian Poets’ Poetry Pause, Jan 2025
- “Out of My League,” League of Canadian Poets’ Poetry Pause, Nov 2024
- “How I Earned My Queer Card,” Pulp Literature, Issue 40, Autumn 2023
- “My Love Language is Mastercard,” Arc Poetry’s website, May 2023
- “Pretend That Giving Up Avocado Toast Will Save You,” Plenitude Magazine, March 2023
- “Golden,” Pulp Literature, Issue 37, Winter 2023
- “for my husband on Father’s Day,” The Humber Literary Review, Volume 10 Issue 1, Spring + Summer 2022
- “Skin,” “I Rarely Write About Race,” and “Closer,” Pearls 41: An Anthology of Work by Douglas College Creative Writing Students (Douglas College, 2022)
- “Red Shoes,” League of Canadian Poets’ Poetry Pause, Mar 2021
- “Red Shoes” and “123456,” emerge 19: The Writer’s Studio Anthology (SFU Publications, 2019)
Poetry Awards
- “I Will Never Know”– Longlisted for the League of Canadian Poets’ 2024 Summer Lovin’ Contests
- Longlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2024 Magpie Award for Poetry
- “Brideprice” – Longlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize
- “Golden” – Nominated for the 2024 Pushcart Prizes by Pulp Literature
- “what were you wearing that night you were hate-crimed?” – Longlisted for Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards’ Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2023
- “My Love Language is Mastercard” – Winner of Arc Poetry’s March 2023 Arc Award of Awesomeness
- “How I Earned My Queer Card” – 1st Runner-up for Pulp Literature’s 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry
Contest judge Renée Sarojini Saklikar: “[A] fascinating merge of the prose poem with a lyric voice; plus, a powerful witness. We see the speaker in this poem and they resonate.”
- “Brideprice” – Shortlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry
- “Golden” – Longlisted for Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards’ Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2022
- “Golden” – Shortlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2022 Magpie Award for Poetry
- “Sapphic Yearning Disasters” – Longlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2022 Magpie Award for Poetry
Creative Nonfiction Awards
- “Girl Crush or Crush Crush?” – Honourable Mention, Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards’ Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2023
- “Pride Weekend” – Shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s 2023 Creative Nonfiction Contest
- “Pride Weekend” – Longlisted for Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards’ Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2022
- “Girl Crush or Crush Crush?” – Shortlisted for Room Magazine’s 2022 Creative Nonfiction contest
- “Late Bloomer” – Shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction contest
- “Twenty-Minute Workout: Crushing a Crush” – Longlisted for the Federation of BC Writers’ 2021 Creative Nonfiction contest
- “Twenty-Minute Workout: Crushing a Crush” – Longlisted for The Humber Literary Review’s/Creative Nonfiction Collective Society’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction contest
Fiction Award Nominations
- “Egg Tarts” – Longlisted for the Federation of BC Writers’ 2023 Flash Fiction contest
- “Pottery” – Longlisted for Pulp Literature’s 2023 Raven Short Story Contest
- “Boardwalk” – Longlisted for Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards’ Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022
Interviews
- “5 Questions with Catherine Lewis,” Finnian Burnett’s 5 Questions series, Feb 2024
- Wax Poetic radio interview, hosted by RC Weslowski and Kevin Spenst, Vancouver Co-op Radio 100.5 FM, Mar 2022
Guest Columns
- “Notes from the Field : Hello from Vancouver!,” rob mclennan’s periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics, Apr 2023
Guest Blog Posts
- “Solace Amidst the Exposure: How Publishing and Community Brought Me Back to Myself,” The Nourishing Word blog at Chelene Knight’s Breathing Space Creative Literary Studio, May 2022
- “Catherine Lewis: My (Small Press) Writing Day,” rob mclennan’s my (small press) writing day blog, Oct 2019
Residencies
- Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Literary Arts Residency “Late Winter Writers Residency Online 2024” with Fawn Parker and Annick MacAskill, Feb 2024
- Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Literary Arts Residency “Poetry, Politics, and Embodiment” with Mercedes Eng and Sachiko Murakami, Oct 2021
Mentorships
- ECW Press BIPOC Writers Mentorship Program with poetry mentor David Ly, Aug–Dec 2022
Workshops
- Tin House Winter Online Workshop with Chen Chen, Feb 2025
- QueerAsian Writing Circle led by Emi Sasagawa and Effie Pow, Historic Joy Kogawa House, Oct–Dec 2023
- QueerAsian Writing Circle led by C.E. Gatchalian and Effie Pow, Historic Joy Kogawa House, Apr–May 2023
- QueerAsian Summer Writing Workshops led by C.E. Gatchalian, Historic Joy Kogawa House, Jul–Aug 2021
Exhibitions
- LINE & LENS Photopoetry Exhibition, Simon Fraser University, Nov 2019
Education
- Creative Writing credit coursework in poetry, memoir and fiction, Douglas College, 2019–2021
- Vancouver Manuscript Intensive with memoir mentor Betsy Warland, 2020
- The Writer’s Studio Certificate in Creative Writing (with poetry mentor Joanne Arnott), Simon Fraser University, 2019
Volunteer Experience
- President, Board of Directors, Vancouver Poetry House, 2023 – present
Memberships
- The Writers’ Union of Canada, 2022 – present
- League of Canadian Poets (Full Member), 2024 – present
- Vancouver Poetry House, 2022 – present
- Federation of British Columbia Writers, 2020 – present
- Creative Nonfiction Collective Society, 2019 – present