“Flicker,” a prose poem, to appear in The Literary Bohemian

Stay tuned, friends! The Literary Bohemian, a beautiful online magazine of travel/place-based writing, will publish my prose poem ‘Flicker’ in their upcoming issue.

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Help Nepal by donating to Portal Bikes

Looking to send a little love Nepal’s way? Donate to Portal Bikes, a grassroots non-profit that is making a difference on the ground, in Nepal, right now. Portal Bikes’ Mission: WE BUILD AMAZING BICYCLES THAT CARRY CARGO, POWER MACHINES, AND TRANSFORM LIVES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OUR WORK Portal designs and manufactures a menu of bicycle products unlike anything you have ever seen before. Our products […]

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Yourlifeisatrip.com features “One Night in Puno”

Travel off the beaten path at www.yourlifeisatrip.com. Find “One Night in Puno,” a short essay by Kate McCahill, here. Enjoy!

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“Mora” to appear in the Santa Fe Literary Review

“Mora,” an excerpt of my travel memoir, will appear in the 2015 edition of The Santa Fe Literary Review. 

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New Millennium Writings: CNF Honorable Mention

New Millennium Writings have named this year’s contest winners! For the 39th annual NMW Contest, the Creative Non-fiction winner is Susan Nathiel Runners up are: Adrianne Aron, Berkeley, CA Cathy Beres, Evanston, IL David W. Berner, Forest Park, IL Terence Cady, Santa Fe, NM Kevin Camp, Washington, DC Anne Frohna, Prescott, AZ Myrna Greenfield, Brooklyn, NY Richard Hague, Cincinnati, OH Saffron Marchant, New Alberose, Hong […]

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“An Hour Like Water” in Best Women’s Travel Writing 2014: Travelers’ Tales

Kate McCahill is thrilled to announce the publication of her personal essay, “An Hour Like Water,” in The Best Women’s Travel Writing Anthology. Published by Travelers’ Tales out of San Francisco and edited by author Lavinia Spalding, the The Best Women’s Travel Writing series is now in its tenth volume.

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Announcing the publication of “Falling for You City”

Announcing the publication of “Falling for You City,” to be published in Wellesley Magazine’s Summer 2013 issue. Kate McCahill’s short essay will be featured alongside other Wellesley writers in the magazine’s Summer in the City section. Wellesley Magazine, an award-winning online and in-print publication created for Wellesley College alumnae, is mailed quarterly to 35,000 readers.

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“Crater Lake,” will appear in the 2013 issue of the Santa Fe Literary Review

Kate McCahill is pleased to announce that her poem, “Crater Lake,” will appear in the 2013 issue of the Santa Fe Literary Review, published annually by the Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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“Spiral Bound” in The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2012

Announcing the publication of “Spiral Bound” in The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 8. “Siren,” a personal essay by Kate McCahill describes a mysterious notebook, a South Indian ashram, and a palm-reading graduate student. Since 2004, Travelers’ Tales has published The Best Women’s Travel Writing series, which promotes Nobel Prize winners as well as emerging writers. “Spiral Bound” appears alongside “Storming the Castles,” an essay by […]

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“Notes on My Father” to appear in Best Travel Writing: Volume 9

Kate McCahill is excited to announce the publication of “Notes on My Father” in Best Travel Writing, Volume 9, edited by author Tim Cahill. Travelers’ Tales, an imprint of Solas House, has published The Best Travel Writing series since 2004.

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Announcing the publication of “Siren”

Announcing the publication of “Siren,” to appear in the Spring 2012 issue of The Evening Street Review, a biannual in-print magazine “emphasizing the belief in the equality of both women and men.”

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Kate McCahill announces the publication of “Notes on My Father”

Kate McCahill announces the publication of “Notes on My Father” in the Winter 2011 issue of The Lowestoft Chronicle, an online, award-winning quarterly. The magazine prizes humorous travel writing, and has been praised by Newpages.com and The Examiner.

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Announcing the publication of “Guanacaste Beach”

Announcing the publication of “Guanacaste Beach,” a short essay to appear in The Battered Suitcase in August. The Battered Suitcase, an imprint of Vagabondage Press LLC, publishes artful prose and poetry with a focus on travelogues.

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Hippocampus Magazine will feature Kate McCahill’s short essay

Hippocampus Magazine will feature Kate McCahill’s short essay, “Falling for you, City,” in its inaugural issue. Hippocampus features creative non-fiction by authors from around the world.

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2011 Mary Elvira Stevens Travelling Fellowship

Kate McCahill is thrilled to announce her receipt of this year’s Mary Elvira Stevens Travelling Fellowship. Granted annually by Wellesley College and the Stevens Fellowship committee, the grant will fund one year of purposeful travel through Central and South America. Her plan is to follow the route Paul Theroux set forth in the 1970’s, when he took trains from Boston to Patagonia and subsequently wrote […]

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