caitlin f. villacrusis: poet

Caitlin Villacrusis is a Filipina poet and incoming freshman at Sarah Lawrence College intending to study Writing, Literature, and French. She is a poetry editor at Hominum Journal, a prose editor at SUNHOUSE Literary, and a three-time panelist at Miami Book Fair.Her work has been recognized by Gigantic Sequins and Frontier Poetry and is published or forthcoming in The Margins, HAD, Bullshit Lit, The Lumiere Review, South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo), and more.She is from Florida. Reach her via email.

prose

awards

  • six Gold Keys, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2024

  • ten Silver Keys, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2024

  • seven Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2024

  • finalist, Frontier Poetry Roots & Roads Prize

  • finalist, Gigantic Sequins' 12th Annual Flash Fiction Contest

  • Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2023

  • Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2023

  • two Scholastic Honorable Mentions, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2023

  • feature, Teen Sequins contest under Gigantic Sequins

appearances & positions

  • prose editor, SUNHOUSE Literary, 2024 to present

  • poetry editor, Hominum Journal, 2023 to present

  • poetry editor, The Lunar Journal, 2023 to present

  • poetry editor, Hot Pot Magazine, 2023 to present

  • student ambassador, "Speak Up" program at Miami Book Fair, 2022 to present

  • performer, Dreyfoos School of the Arts "Figure of Speech" showcase, 2024

  • South Florida youth poet ambassador, Bluapple Poetry Network under Jason Taylor Foundation, 2023 to 2024

  • submissions editor, Seeds in the Black Earth Literary & Arts Magazine, 2023 to 2024

  • co-teacher & mentor, Fine Arts Mentorship, 2022 to 2024

  • moderator for Saturn Browne and Evan Wang, Miami Book Fair, 2023

  • moderator for Rudy Francisco, Miami Book Fair, 2023

  • performer, Dreyfoos School of the Arts "Figure of Speech" showcase, 2023

  • creative nonfiction literary apprentice, BreakBread Literacy Project, 2022 to 2023

  • moderator for Lissette Lendeborg and Ariel Francisco, Miami Book Fair, 2022

workshops

  • Miami Book Fair "Speak Up" Workshop under Leslie Sainz, 2024

  • Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship under Tola Sylvan, 2023

  • Kelly Writers House Creative Nonfiction Workshop under Jamie-Lee Josselyn at University of Pennsylvania, 2023

  • Kenyon Review Young Writers Residential Workshop (creative writing under Chukwuma Ndulue & pop culture criticism under Gyasi Hall), summer 2023

  • Iowa Young Writers Studio Online under Jane Huffman, 2023

  • Kenyon Review Young Writers Online Workshops under Matthew Kelsey, winter 2022

  • Miami Book Fair "Speak Up" Workshop under Joshua Nguyen, 2022

  • Miami Book Fair "Speak Up" Mentorship under Jason Bayani, 2022

  • Ellipsis Writing Workshops under Steven Espada Dawson, 2022

  • Kenyon Review Young Writers Online Workshops under W. David Hall, winter 2021