About

If you’re here – thanks for the interest! I feel so fortunate to have worked with the amazing publishers and editors I have.

I’m still (occasionally) active on my favorite UK horror review blog, Divination Hollow Reviews or on Letterboxd.

Editor’s Pick, Raymond Carver Fiction Contest (Carve Magazine), 2016
Clay Reynolds Novella Winner, 2017 (for Blindsided)
Katherine Anne Porter Short Fiction Prize Finalist, 2018 (for ISABEL and other stories)
Red Hen Press: Quill Prose Award Winner 2018 (for Summer of the Cicadas)
Southern Indiana Review: Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award Winner, 2018 (for Quiet with the Hurt)
Semi-Finalist for the Big Moose Prize through Black Lawrence Press 2020 (for Dogfight)
Emerging Artist Grant from Creative Pinellas, 2020-21
Vocal Fiction Award Winner, 2022
Alderworks Alaska Artist Retreat, 2022
Gobioff Foundation Grantee, 2022
Vocal Fiction Guest Judge, 2022
Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Judge, 2022
ValleyCreates Capacity-Building Artist Grantee, 2022
First Pages Prize Panel, 2023
ValleyCreates Project Evolution Artist Grantee, 2023
Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2023 (for The Lightkeeper and Tea in the Morning, Time Passing)
YesYes Books Fiction Longlist, 2024

You might find me @chelscath at Instagram, but sometimes I randomly deactivate my page.