The Sea Refuses to Be Quiet — Honourable Mention, Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, International Human Rights Art Movement

a quiet animal survives you — First Place, Victoria Writers’ Society Poetry Contest, 2025

inheritance — First Place, Canadian Authors Association Toronto Chapter National Writing Contest, 2025

How to Make a Body Stay— Honourable Mention, Off-Topic Publishing

what the river held— Contemporary Verse 2, Winter 2026

the note I hand back; in the year without pronouns; errata for the last gender archive — in Becoming: An Anthology of What-If Poems about Women and Womanhood edited by Katie Cowger, Terri Gower, and Lucía M. Polis, JLRB Press, 2026

Grammar of the River— Plenitude Magazine, 2026

Teeth Against the Glass — Eavesdrop Magazine, 2025

body misfiled (ongoing)— Plenitude Magazine, 2025

In the Wine Bar, Unspoken; Warehouse Rave, Hacienda, 1990; Disco Ball Augury — in Effervescent: An Anthology of Queer Writing, Fifth Wheel Press, 2025

“fern-throat” Querenica Press, Autumn 2025 Anthology

Moth’s Whimsy — The Ekphrastic Review, 2025

Oriented x3; What the Fire Gave Me — The Malahat Review, Spring 2026

Altar of the Hearing-Aid Discarded at High Tide — Pulp Literature, Issue 51, Summer 2026

Fatigue Climate Report — The Fiddlehead (Disability Special Issue), 2026

Feather Against My Pulse — PRISM international 64.2, 2026

Kath maintains an active spoken-word practice and regularly performs at readings, open mics, and poetry slams.

Apr 30 2026 7pm — Tongues of Fire Feature, “What Survives the Paperwork” (Victoria Poetry Project), Caffe Fantastico, Victoria

May 29 2026 7:30pm — Featured Poet, Planet Earth Poetry, Russell Books, Victoria