Sofia M. Catanzaro

SOFIA M CATANZARO is a writer and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Smith College in 2024 with a B.A. in English Literature and Film and Media Studies with High Honors in Creative Writing. She spent her junior year studying Scottish Literature and the Letters of Paul at the University of Edinburgh. She is also a member of Ethical Culture Fieldston School's class of 2020. Since graduating from Smith College, you can find her teaching Language Arts, Earth Science, and Creative Writing at The Windward School in New York City, running the Claremont Creative Arts Collective, or reading on the train. Her creative writing honors thesis, a novella based on her family history set in Tandil, Argentina, is avaliable for download here.

Publications:: Jazz is for ordinary people // Soupcan Magazine (print, forthcoming); Premonitory Last Rites for My Father and Dispossession // Emulate Magazine (2024); The Most Beautiful Boy in the World // Milk Press (2023); Our House // The Freshwater Review (print) (2023); Stormy Weather Over the City // BarBar Magazine (2023); Multiple Poems // Eunoia Review (2022); The House // Rookie Magazine (2017)

Awards:: High Honors in English Literature, Creative Writing - Smith College (2024); Elizabeth Babcock Poetry Prize - Smith College (2024); Rose Warner Fiction Prize - The Freshwater Review (2023); BarBar Editor's Choice Award Finalist - Barbar Magazine (2023); Scholastic Art and Writing Award - Fiction (2019); Scholastic Art and Writing Award - Poetry (2018)

Performances and Residencies:: Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio Summer 2026 Writer in Residence - Public Exhibition and Performance; New York Poetry Festival 2025 Stage Host; New York Poetry Festival 2023 Featured Poet

sofiamcatanzaro@gmail.com