Writer's Curriculum Vitae for Catherine G. Tripp:
Publications/Presentations
Poems "Heaven must be filled with cats" and "Cats are so much like us" published by Parakeet Literary Magazine January 2023
Short Story: "Embracify 2026" published by Sad Girls Literary Magazine September 30, 2022
Reedsy Short Story Contest 135: “SOMA Vamp” published February 2022
Poem "Winehouse Brandy" published in Haight Ashbury Literary Journal Summer 2022 issue
Award Winner, Writer's Digest 2021 Writing Competition for the essay: "Dear 2020, A Letter from 2021", announced October 2021
Reedsy Short Story Contest 106: “The Legend of Kapo” published August 2021
Performance: Creative Caffeine Anniversary Reading: "When Love Leaves", a poem on March 26th, 2021
Performance: The Mask Monologues: "Aunt Mary's Mask" performed on July 3rd, 2020
Performance: Coffee and Grief: "We were the East and West Wind", a six minute memoir performed on December 3rd, 2020
Reedsy Short Story Contest 28: “A Secret Fear” published February 2020
Pilcrow & Dagger literary journal: " SOMA VAMP", a short story published January/February Issue 2016
Marin Independent Journal: Poems and essay 2016 and 2017
Examiner.com: Published twenty-six Personal Finance Columns from 2010 thru 2012
Editor, CAMB Membership Newsletter 1986-1995
Das Tor, Thunderbird School of Management newspaper, poems and essays 1984 and 1985
Calliope Magazine, University of the Pacific 1980
Expression Magazine, Skyline High School 1976, 1975 and 1974
Education
Masters in International Management (MIM) Minor in Finance. Area Concentration: China
Bachelor of Arts. Major: International Studies. Year Abroad lived in Taipei, Taiwan.
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, French and English
Professional Development
Kauai Writer's Conference Participant November 2022
Online Literary Profile Workshop 2020, Lyzette Wanzer
Hawaii Writer's Retreat, November 2019
Creative Caffeine, a writer's ongoing workshop and blog of selected writings, weekly since August of 2020
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, a juried workshop, August 2018
LitCamp Retreat, a juried workshop, Janis Newman Cooke, July 2017
Nomad with a Notebook May 2018
Round Robin 2013 and 2016
Documentary Journalism, Austin Smith 2018
Writing the Historical Essay, Jess Wells 2016
The Business of Writing, Lizette Wanzer 2016
Affiliations/Memberships
Hawaii Writer's Guild, member since December 2022
California Historical Society, member since 1986
Hawaii Historical Society, member since 2018
The Winged Wahine Traveling Group, Traveling around the world Since 1998
California Digital Newspaper Collection (transcriber, researcher) since 2010
Poems "Heaven must be filled with cats" and "Cats are so much like us" published by Parakeet Literary Magazine January 2023
Short Story: "Embracify 2026" published by Sad Girls Literary Magazine September 30, 2022
Reedsy Short Story Contest 135: “SOMA Vamp” published February 2022
Poem "Winehouse Brandy" published in Haight Ashbury Literary Journal Summer 2022 issue
Award Winner, Writer's Digest 2021 Writing Competition for the essay: "Dear 2020, A Letter from 2021", announced October 2021
Reedsy Short Story Contest 106: “The Legend of Kapo” published August 2021
Performance: Creative Caffeine Anniversary Reading: "When Love Leaves", a poem on March 26th, 2021
Performance: The Mask Monologues: "Aunt Mary's Mask" performed on July 3rd, 2020
Performance: Coffee and Grief: "We were the East and West Wind", a six minute memoir performed on December 3rd, 2020
Reedsy Short Story Contest 28: “A Secret Fear” published February 2020
Pilcrow & Dagger literary journal: " SOMA VAMP", a short story published January/February Issue 2016
Marin Independent Journal: Poems and essay 2016 and 2017
Examiner.com: Published twenty-six Personal Finance Columns from 2010 thru 2012
Editor, CAMB Membership Newsletter 1986-1995
Das Tor, Thunderbird School of Management newspaper, poems and essays 1984 and 1985
Calliope Magazine, University of the Pacific 1980
Expression Magazine, Skyline High School 1976, 1975 and 1974
Education
Masters in International Management (MIM) Minor in Finance. Area Concentration: China
Bachelor of Arts. Major: International Studies. Year Abroad lived in Taipei, Taiwan.
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, French and English
Professional Development
Kauai Writer's Conference Participant November 2022
Online Literary Profile Workshop 2020, Lyzette Wanzer
Hawaii Writer's Retreat, November 2019
Creative Caffeine, a writer's ongoing workshop and blog of selected writings, weekly since August of 2020
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, a juried workshop, August 2018
LitCamp Retreat, a juried workshop, Janis Newman Cooke, July 2017
Nomad with a Notebook May 2018
Round Robin 2013 and 2016
Documentary Journalism, Austin Smith 2018
Writing the Historical Essay, Jess Wells 2016
The Business of Writing, Lizette Wanzer 2016
Affiliations/Memberships
Hawaii Writer's Guild, member since December 2022
California Historical Society, member since 1986
Hawaii Historical Society, member since 2018
The Winged Wahine Traveling Group, Traveling around the world Since 1998
California Digital Newspaper Collection (transcriber, researcher) since 2010